MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Platinum miners in the fifth week of a deadly strike burn the latest wage offer from Lonmin PLC, angry that it falls far short of demands for a monthly take-home pay of 12,500 rand ($1,560).

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The International Affairs Ministry says eight South African citizens were killed in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Jacob Zuma says striking miners have cost South Africa close to 4.5 billion rand (nearly $563 million) in lost gold and platinum production this year.

MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — London-registered Lonmin PLC announced Monday it is halting construction of a new mine shaft, putting 1,200 people out of work, as South Africa's bloody and bitter mining strike dragged into its fifth week.

South African mining strikes have spread to the chrome sector, after miners in gold and platinum mines halted work across the country.

MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — The South African Press Association reports mining strikes that have halted work at seven gold and platinum mines have spread to the chrome sector.

MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Striking miners hungry after five weeks of no pay and enraged by police firing rubber bullets and tear gas threatened to march Monday despite a government crackdown on illegal protests.

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RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) — South African police halted a peaceful march by striking miners without violence Sunday, a day after firing rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse illegal protesters.

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RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) — South African police halted a peaceful march by striking miners without violence Sunday, a day after firing rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse illegal protesters.

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MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — In a crackdown on striking miners condemned by the South African Council of Churches, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas that sent men, women and children scattering as officers herded them into their shacks.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police fired stun grenades to disperse striking miners Friday, acting hours after President Jacob Zuma's government vowed to halt illegal protests and disarm strikers it fears are threatening the country's biggest industry.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A third platinum mine closes in South Africa even as police disperse strikers outside, acting within hours of the government vowing to end violence spreading in the crucial mining sector.

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MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Chanting miners wielding machetes, clubs and spears marched from shaft to shaft of South Africa's beleaguered Lonmin platinum mine Monday, trying to intimidate the few workers who reported for duty in the fourth week of a crippling strike whose impact has already included dozens of miners killed by police.

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MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Labor unrest spread in South Africa on Monday with a wildcat strike by more than 10,000 workers halting operations at a gold mine while few workers reported for duty in the fourth week of a violent stoppage over poor pay at the world's third largest platinum mine.

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MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Labor unrest spread in South Africa on Monday with a wildcat strike by 15,000 gold miners stopping work at a mine while few workers reported for duty at in the fourth week of a stoppage at the world's third largest platinum mine.

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MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — A strike at the world's third-largest platinum mine enters its fourth week with empty buses searching in vain for workers though wage negotiations may start.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Gold Fields Ltd says a wildcat strike by 15,000 miners has stopped work in the west section of its KDC mine in the West Rand, the latest in a string of labor disputes in South Africa's mines.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Monday is D-Day for the London-registered Lonmin PLC platinum mine. It hopes workers will report for duty in the fourth week of a violent strike for higher wages that has killed 44 people and has exposed the yawning gap between the elite of high-flying millionaire mine owners and workers who live in tin shacks without electricity or water.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With a profusion of colors, textures and styles, the annual Johannesburg Art Fair highlights artists, galleries and museum collections from across Africa.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Johannesburg Art Fair showcases artists, galleries and museum collections from across Africa.