World & Nation
At a South African government hearing Friday on the police shooting of 34 striking miners in 2012, a witness said that striking union members had sought to make themselves invulnerable to police weaponry by ingesting a traditional potion made from dead sheep and the burned flesh of two dead mine security guards.
June 20, 2014
South Africa ‘strike season’ may get much worse after Lonmin deal
Sept. 27, 2012
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Sept. 19, 2012
South Africa police open fire on striking miners
Aug. 16, 2012
South African firms hope to reduce the spread of infectious diseases and encourage a more stable work force by eliminating hostels.
Oct. 27, 2002
South Africans decry police shootings at mine as ‘unacceptable’
Aug. 17, 2012
Millionaire ex-businessman Cyril Ramaphosa, sworn into office as South Africa’s new president Thursday evening, comes to power facing the same entrenched problems that have stumped the governing African National Congress in nearly 24 years in power: gaping inequality, failing education and health systems and enduring unemployment.
Feb. 15, 2018
Cyril Ramaphosa, the new leader of South Africa’s ruling party and the country’s presumptive next president, quit politics two decades ago to become a businessman with the blessing of Nelson Mandela.
Dec. 19, 2017