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Workers at South Africa’s Amplats down tools: labor leader
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at the Rustenburg operations of South Africa's Anglo American Platinum refused to work overnight shifts in protest at company plans to close mines, a labor leader...
Underground protest ends at South Africa’s Harmony mine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A protest at one of Harmony Gold's South African mines ended on Friday with the return to the surface of 1,700 workers who had stayed underground to...
Underground protest ends at South Africa’s Harmony mine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A protest at one of Harmony Gold's South African mines ended on Friday with the return to the surface of 1,700 workers who had stayed underground to...
Congo rebels quit Goma, saying it’s “for peace”
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Hundreds of rebel fighters, singing and brandishing weapons, pulled out of Congo's eastern border city of Goma on Saturday, raising hopes for negotiations...
Congo rebels quit Goma, saying it’s “for peace”
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Hundreds of rebel fighters, singing and brandishing weapons, pulled out of Congo's eastern border city of Goma on Saturday, raising hopes for negotiations...
Implats says pay hikes aimed at ensuring peace
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - World no. 2 platinum producer Impala Platinum said on Friday pay hikes it had offered to avert a strike were aimed at ensuring peace against the backdrop...
Implats says pay hikes aimed at ensuring peace
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - World no. 2 platinum producer Impala Platinum said on Friday pay hikes it had offered to avert a strike were aimed at ensuring peace against the backdrop...
South Africa withdraws miners’ murder charges for now
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African prosecutors provisionally withdrew murder charges on Sunday against 270 miners who had been accused of killing 34 striking colleagues shot dead by police, but said...
South Africa withdraws miners’ murder charges for now
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African prosecutors provisionally withdrew murder charges on Sunday against 270 miners who had been accused of killing 34 striking colleagues shot dead by police, but said...
Africa beer sales surge despite church and mosque
JOHANNESBURG/LAGOS (Reuters) - Beer sales in Africa are surging because of economic and population growth, a trend rubbing against the grain of another demographic factor defining the region: intense religiosity....