Look at the pictures on this link. I also saw this on NBC 11 o clock news.
South Africa's Mining Industry
- Number of workers: 498,141
- Industry deaths: 128
- Key commodities mined: Diamonds, gold, platinum, palladium
- Real mining GDP: $12.06 billion
- Mineral exports: $36.25 billion
The South African miners are being manipulated for the profits in mining. I read that some miners who participated in the strikes were charged by the police for murder, even though the police had fired into the crowd. I read that they were then released and not charged for murder, but it puts things into perspective as these kinds of events sound reminiscent of the times during the apartheid.
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