South African gold mining companies have signed a new wage deal aimed at ending strikes that have crippled the industry. The agreement does not affect workers in the platinum and coal mining industries.
Strikes in South Africa
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Striking mine workers protest outside the Anglo American Mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, October 5, 2012.
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Police keep watch as striking miners gather outside the mine in Rustenburg, August 15, 2012.
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Policemen fire at striking miners outside the mine in Rustenburg, August 16, 2012.
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Women from a group of churchgoers at the Lonmin platinum mine during a memorial service for 34 dead striking miners who were shot and killed, Aug. 19, 2012.