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To: Snowshoe who wrote (93635)	8/17/2012 6:02:21 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218549

Tensions among rock drillers at platinum mines in the North West started building from as early as 2007, when low salaries were already flagged as an issue. In February this year, thousands of them went on strike over pay and more than 17 000 Impala Platinum workers were fired as a result. Now, rivalry between the National Union of Mineworkers and newcomer union AMCU appear to have added fuel to the fire at Lonmin’s operation ... The story of the ongoing mine violence at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in the North West has made the front page of only a handful of the country’s newspapers. The story is one of brutal violence, a series of grisly murders and the apparent inability of the powers that be to properly control this volatile situation. Two security guards burnt to death in their patrol vehicle, apparently set alight by a marauding gang of strikers. One mine employee was hacked to death with pangas, another died after he was shot five times. Police officers called in to quell the violence were themselves stabbed and hacked to death. On Tuesday, a man’s body was left lying in the middle of a dusty track, arms outstretched, face up and ignored by groups of striking mineworkers who walked straight by. It was left to journalists to notice the death of the 10th victim of this violence and report it to police. ewn.co.za