Tension eases at mine
(N.Z.P.A.Reuter—Copyright) ORKNEY (South Africa) January 10. Miners have returned to work at the world’s biggest gold mine as anger among black employees over new wage legislation appeared to be dying down. Eight men have been killed and more than 30 injured in disturbances this week at the Vaal Reefs mine where 12,000 black miners have been on strike since Sunday. But a police spokesman says tension had eased.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33739, 11 January 1975, Page 13
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