South Africa: 2 mines re-open despite continuation of labor unrest

The ANC criticized companies for paying lip service to the mining charter, which seeks to give workers and communities a bigger share of mineral wealth and rectify disparities of white apartheid rule by improving their living and working conditions.

“Mining remains the bedrock of the South African economy, and yet the abject poverty and squalor surrounding mining areas remains a matter of deep concern,” it said in a statement.

“The current instability at Marikana thus poses challenges to the growth of the sector and the international image of the country,” the ANC said.

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