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UPDATE 3-Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to "standstill"
Reuters* Mineworkers union leader demands meeting with Zuma * ANC deputy president says hard to tell what is going on * Rand slides to four-year low against dollar By Xola Potelwa RUSTENBURG, South Africa, May 17 (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's...Tags: Work Relations, Jacob Zuma, Metal and Mineral, Labor Disputes, Africa
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Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill'
ReutersRUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to bring Africa's No. 1 economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in an 18-month...Tags: Jacob Zuma, Work Relations, Metal and Mineral, Strikes, Labor Disputes
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Amplats says South Africa miners report for morning shift
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) reported for work on Friday, a company spokeswoman said, despite earlier calls for a strike by some union leaders. Amplats spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole said all workers...Tags: Anglo American Platinum Limited, Africa, Career and Workplace, South Africa, Strikes
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Miners union threatens strike at South Africa's Amplats
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported for work late Thursday, and a labor leader said the workers will strike on Friday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shares lower and the rand to a four-...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Strikes, Labor Disputes, Arts and Culture, Sociology
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S. Africa Amplats miners to stop work from Thursday night
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum operations will stage a work stoppage from Thursday evening over proposed job cuts, a branch official for mineworkers union AMCU told Reuters. "The night shift today is not going...Tags: Anglo American Platinum Limited, South Africa
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Lonmin's South African platinum strike enters second day
ReutersMARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Labor strife in South Africa's platinum belt intensified on Wednesday as a wildcat strike across Lonmin's shafts entered a second day, raising fears that further violence could hit the country's credit rating....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Strikes, Moody's Corporation, Career and Workplace, Africa
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South African union urges Lonmin workers to end strike
ReutersMARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - The main union at Lonmin's South African platinum shafts told striking miners to return to work on Wednesday, potentially defusing a two-day wildcat action that had raised fears of a fresh wave of labor violence....Tags: Moody's Corporation, Africa, South Africa, Lonmin Plc
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Soccer-African Champions League fixtures
ReutersMay 14 (Reuters) - African Champions League fixtures after the draw for the group stages conducted in Cairo on Tuesday: Group A: July 19-21 In Cairo: Zamalek (Egypt) v Al Ahli (Egypt, holders) In Johannesburg: Orlando Pirates (South Africa) v AC Leopards...Tags: Piracy, Tunisia, Egypt, Cairo (Egypt)
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa's emerging middle class drives growth and democracy
ReutersBy Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG, May 10 (Reuters) - After years of headlines about Africa's poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry retailers....Tags: Kenya, Vehicles, International Organizations, Marketing, World Bank Group
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Prep track: Harbor girls claim Kiwanis 9-10 Invitational
HARBOR SPRINGS — The future for the Harbor Springs High School girls’ track team appears to be bright. With 124 total points, the Rams took top honors at the Kiwanis 9-10 Invitational Monday at Reynolds Field in Harbor Springs. Nine...
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South Africa's Mandela in good health, good spirits - ANC
ReutersJOHANNESBURG, April 29 (Reuters) - Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is in good health and good spirits, South Africa's ruling African National Congress said on Monday, in the first update on his condition since he was discharged from hospital in early...Tags: Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, U.S. Congress
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa is still way too dependent on resources
ReutersBy Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, April 26 (Reuters) - Africa's brisk economic growth over the past decade has been consumer driven, a much-hyped trend that masks the uncomfortable fact that the region remains far too reliant on commodities. Sub-Saharan...Tags: Gold and Precious Material, Energy Saving, Metal and Mineral, Petroleum Industry, Industrial Production
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