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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....
South Africa prosecutors charge miners with murder
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African prosecutors on Thursday charged 270 striking miners with murder of 34 co-workers seen being shot dead in a hail of police bullets captured in videos...
South Africa prosecutors charge miners with murder
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African prosecutors on Thursday charged 270 striking miners with murder of 34 co-workers seen being shot dead in a hail of police bullets captured in videos...
After mourning, Lonmin in race to restart mining
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - World no. 3 platinum producer Lonmin is racing to resume ore extraction at its Marikana site, with no guarantee striking workers will return this week after a...
After mourning, Lonmin in race to restart mining
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - World no. 3 platinum producer Lonmin is racing to resume ore extraction at its Marikana site, with no guarantee striking workers will return this week after a...
Gold Fields: KDC fire a mystery, arson not ruled out
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Arson or illicit mining may have been responsible for a fire at a South African operation of world no. 4 gold producer Gold Fields that killed five...
Gold Fields: KDC fire a mystery, arson not ruled out
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Arson or illicit mining may have been responsible for a fire at a South African operation of world no. 4 gold producer Gold Fields that killed five...
Unrest spreads in violence-hit South Africa mining belt
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Labor unrest in South Africa's platinum belt spread on Wednesday, raising concerns that anger over low wages and poor living conditions could generate fresh violence...
Unrest spreads in violence-hit South Africa mining belt
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Labor unrest in South Africa's platinum belt spread on Wednesday, raising concerns that anger over low wages and poor living conditions could generate fresh violence...
Workers at South African mine trickle back to work after 44 killed
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - About a third of the workforce returned on Monday to South Africa's Marikana platinum mine, resuming operations at the site where police shot dead 34...