San Francisco Chronicle, in its September 04, 2012 article, reports that 4 were shot at South African gold mine in latest unrest.
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JOHANNESBURG
(AP) — South African police and security guards fired rubber bullets and tear gas Monday at
sacked gold miners who were attacking
colleagues to block them from working, the mine owner said. Police said four people were wounded at the mine that used to be partially owned by the president's nephew.
The clash at
the Gold Fields mine east of Johannesburg, reported by police and Neal Froneman,
the CEO of Gold One International, was the latest violence to hit South Africa's
mines in months of unrest.
Company spokesman Sven Lunsche said some 12,000 of the company's workers
"continue to engage in an unlawful and unprotected strike" that began Wednesday.
He said it involved an internal dispute between local union leaders and members
of the National Union of Mineworkers, the country's largest union.
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