Workers at Anglo American Platinum in Rustenburg have been "re-directed" from the mine due to intimidation from striking workers, says the company.
Fifteen security guards were held hostage by a group of 30 men inside a shaft at an Xstrata mine in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, say police.
The body of a man, who appears to have been hacked to death, has been found near the koppie where striking miners usually meet.
Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has called for workers at all SA’s mines to strike until the leaders of the NUM step down.
The CCMA says it’s ready to proceed with mediation talks at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in Rustenburg, should workers return to the negotiating table.
Hundreds of people have turned out to welcome home South Africa’s athletes who competed in the 2012 London Paralympics.
Talks to end a month-long strike at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Marikana failed to proceed as scheduled on Monday after workers didn’t turn up for work.
Recruitment group Adcorp says South Africa faces a real prospect of a jobs recession as employment numbers fell for the third month.
SA recently sold defence force weapons worth R2.25-million to Zimbabwe, despite a pledge in 2011 not to permit such sales to the country.
The Democratic Alliance says the basic education department is not using standard procedures for the purchasing of 2013 textbooks for Limpopo.