Anglo platinum arm sheds 14,000 jobs, risking unrest

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FatherJames wrote:

Having spent some years in Africa in the 1970s, I have no fondness for Anglo-American. On the other hand, *if* they indeed need to restructure and the ANC decides to do business by “fiat”… they can quickly turn their country into another Zimbabwe…

Jan 15, 2013 1:37pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Sinudeity wrote:

The workers did this to themselves. Illegal and violent protests. Two policemen butchered by the strikers. Threatening mine staff. And now the ANC, who has been supporting the unions, is shocked when 14,000 jobs are lost?

Jan 15, 2013 2:54pm EST  --  Report as abuse
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