South Africa Mining Violence

September 11, 2012
Striking mine workers listen to firebrand politician Julius Malema, nicknamed Juju, addressing them at the Goldfields Mine, Grootfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. In a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa’s mines, encouraging a step-up of a strike that has already halted production at several platinum and gold mines. (AP Photo)
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