As security guards use tear gas at a Gauteng gold mine, Anglo American Platinum says it will halt production because of threats to its workers.
With talks at Marikana at an impasse, and concerns about violence mounting, even unions are puzzled about the cause of a new strike at Gold Fields.
Is South Africa facing a widespread mining revolution capable of disrupting an industry vital to everything from job creation to foreign exchange?
Mine security forces say they will be relying less on police than they would have before Marikana and be more ready to use deadly force themselves.
Police members who stand accused of abusing arrested Marikana strikers may be pointed out by their accusers this week.
Four people were injured at an apparently violent protest at a gold mine on Monday, four days after Julius Malema spoke in the area.
The National Prosecuting Authority did not admit to any error in the decision to charge the Marikana miners for the deaths of 37 of their colleagues.
A total of 77 751 South African jobs have been lost to Chinese imports between 2001 and 2010, according to a study released on August 31.
Without key forensic data, one’s interpretation of events at Marikana depends on what one wants to believe.
A week after the Marikana massacre, it is not yet clear what the long-term social, political and economic repercussions will be.