South African gold miners strike over ‘slave wages in white man’s economy’ [1]

 

The Raw Story - 9/04/13, David Smith, The Guardian

 

80,000 miners walk out in industrial action that will cost country £22m a day as government admits it can only plead for solution

 

About 80,000 gold miners in South Africa walked out on strike on Tuesday night, raising fears of renewed violence in the crisis-hit industry [2] and underlining the government’s dwindling authority.

President Jacob Zuma admitted that he could only plead with companies and unions to find a peaceful solution and avoid seriously damaging the economy, already hit by sluggish growth and a contagion of strikes [3] in other sectors.

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