South African Cops Fire On Miners Again As Unrest Spreads

By International Business Times September 03, 2012, 03:26:27 PM EDT

Two weeks after the slaughter at the Marikana platinum mine shocked South Africa, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mine near Johannesburg Monday, the latest outbreak in a wave of labor militancy spreading from platinum mining into other parts of the sector.

Police told the Associated Press four people were wounded. 

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