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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A group of miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of their colleagues underground for a second day at a gold mine in South Africa over a union dispute, police and mine officials said Tuesday. Some 15 miners have been injured in scuffles, the head of the mine said. Details […]
The incident stems from a dispute in which the National Union of Mineworkers claims its members are being held by its rival, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union - an accusation it refutes.
Party says the absence of law enforcement presence in this situation is deeply concerning
AMCU claims that miners are voluntarily protesting underground at Gold One but there are definitely people being held hostage
Police in South Africa say a group of gold miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for a second day.