Anglo American fires 12,000 miners

Duration strike in South Africa

Anglo Platinum has fired 12,000 striking miners. Only about 20 percent of workers were in the past few weeks come to work in the mines of Rustenburg.
After three weeks of wildcat strikes have the largest platinum producer in the world already loss of 700 million rand to complain (about 77 million), it is stated in the explanatory memorandum to the company published on Friday in Johannesburg.

Only about 20 percent of workers were in the past few weeks come to work in the mines of Rustenburg. The production had to be largely stopped. After about 12 000 workers did not appear to the different disciplinary hearings and discussions with company representatives, they would now be dismissed, the opinion of the company. The miners wanted to implement with their work stoppage higher wages.

For months in South Africa romp bitter labor disputes in various sectors. Currently difficult strike of truck drivers and transport workers and commercial businesses in many other industries. Gold mines are also on strike. In severe clashes with the police and acts of violence against security forces since August about four dozen people have been killed.

South African President Jacob Zuma had given the number of labor disputes only on Thursday warned against increasing instability. "We should not give the impression to be a nation, we are constantly fighting in," he said before business leaders in Johannesburg. South Africa was currently due to the industrial action "in a difficult period." Peace and stability but are indispensable conditions for development and stability