Pretoria — Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has expressed delight at South Africa's election as Chair of the African Correctional Services Association (ACSA).

A miner has been killed in clashes between South African police and striking workers at a mine owned by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) company in the northwestern city of Rustenburg.

The South African police have clashed with striking miners protesting in the country’s northeast against low pay and difficult working conditions at the world's top platinum miner, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats).

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 striking miners Friday for staging an unlawful strike that is one of several that are slowly paralyzing South Africa's crucial mining sector.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A strike leader says the body of a mineworker was found near an Anglo American Platinum mine in Rustenburg.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's inquiry into violence that killed at least 44 people at Lonmin's Marikana mine is postponed until the end of October.

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — Carrying a piece of paper threatening him with eviction from a workers' hostel, Robert Asanda pointed to thousands of fellow striking miners who had gathered atop a hill in a symbolic act of defiance against their gold-mining employers in South Africa.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A billionaire's foundation says it will give anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa an award for "speaking truth to power" that comes with a $1 million grant.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thousands of striking truck drivers protested Tuesday amid heavy police presence in central Johannesburg as labor unrest continued across South Africa, leading to fears of renewed violence.

South Africa’s government has opened a judicial commission of inquiry into the fatal shootings of 44 people during strikes at Marikana mine.

MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — A judicial panel on Monday investigated the rocky site where South African police killed 34 striking miners in August.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers says one of its officials was seriously injured in a petrol-bomb attack on his house amid ongoing unrest in the country's vital mining industry.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Disruptions to South Africa's key mining sector increased as AngloGold Ashanti said Wednesday that strikers have halted all its operations in the country, which provide 32 percent of the multinational's gold production.

(Reuters) - South African ANC renegade Julius Malema was charged with money laundering on Wednesday in a high profile corruption case his supporters say is part of a political plot to silence President Jacob Zuma's most vocal critic.

(Reuters) - South Africa's ANC rebel Julius Malema scoffed at the money-laundering charges laid against him on Wednesday, saying he would continue to fight for "economic freedom" in Africa's largest economy.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's labor unrest spread Tuesday from its mines to the transport sector, and the country's transport union said more than 20,000 road freight employees are on strike demanding a pay increase.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Strikes in South Africa have spread in the gold mining industry, inspired by an illegal and violent work stoppage that netted workers at a platinum mine as much as a 22 percent pay hike.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The lawyer of South Africa's rabble-rousing politician Julius Malema confirms that the government has issued an arrest warrant for him.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's commission of inquiry into the killings at the Marikana mines will have the power to summon witnesses, search and seize and demand documentation from other investigations, the justice minister announced Friday.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's justice minister says investigators for a commission of inquiry into violence during a miners strike can enter and search premises, summon witnesses and demand documentation from other investigations.