http://www.marxist.com/south-africa-strike-at-impala-platinum-mine-rustenburg.htm South Africa: Recent strike at Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg<http://www.marxist.com/south-africa-strike-at-impala-platinum-mine-rustenburg.htm> Written by Tito Mzamo Tuesday, 06 March 2012
The recent militant strike by the miners at the Impala Platinum Mine has highlighted how far the present NUM leadership is lagging behind the mood of the workers. The contradictions that had been brewing beneath the surface at Impala Platinum Mine, in Rustenburg, came to the publics attention on the 12th January 2012 when rock drill operators (RDOs) refused to work. On the 24th January the mining company dismissed 5000 workers who went on strike without giving the employer a formal notice, and as the strike intensified the number of workers on strike significantly increased. http://www.marxist.com/south-africa-cosatu-strike.htm [VIDEOS / PICS] South Africa: COSATU's general strike against labour brokers and road tolls<http://www.marxist.com/south-africa-cosatu-strike.htm> Written by In Defence of Marxism Wednesday, 07 March 2012 [image: Print]<http://www.marxist.com/south-africa-cosatu-strike/print.htm#> Hundreds of thousands marched across South Africa as part of COSATU's one day general strike against labour brokers and road tolls. Here are some videos and pictures of the day's action. <http://yfrog.com/h45lspgoj> ECR Newswatch picture of the demonstration in Durban, click for a full size view. News24 VIDEO report of the strike, with images and interviews of the march in Cape Town <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQXXdb-iNHA> Picture Gallery of the Johannesburg demonstrations, by Jordi Matas on Demotix<http://www.demotix.com/news/1092752/cosatu-gathers-thousands-mass-demonstration-south-africa> Short VIDEO clip of the Johannesburg demonstration<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijYLUcyz8KU> SABC News VIDEO <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n535h9BZRZg> report of the Johannesburg march Some good images of the demonstrations across the country in this SABC News summary VIDEO <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD_n-nSw1TE> A decent Al Jazeera VIDEO report<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAEO8kpfM_s>, going into the reasons for the strike Short IOLNews VIDEO clip of the Durban march<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65OkaiWIE_8> A COSATU memorandum with facts and figures backing the case against labour brokers <http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=5917> News and analysis in the South Africa section of In Defence of Marxism<http://www.marxist.com/south-africa/> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
