Mine strife continues
NZPA-Reuter Johannesburg Another eight black workers have been killed in the worst violence at South African goldmines for 10 years, bringing the death toll in a month to 64, the country’s biggest ■mining company said yesterday. Anglo American Corporation said the eight died when Basotho workers from Lesotho clashed with Xhosa speakers in the tense allmale hostels at President Steyn mine. Thirty-seven were injured. Experts say the violence in the goldmining industry, backbone of South Africa’s economy, is the worst since 1976. It has been plagued in recent months by accidents, strikes and fighting between different tribal factions.
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