Income inequality is threatening to tear apart the fragile democracy that South Africa has been living under for the past 18 years, as the gap between the income of blacks and whites continues to be enormous and foreboding. In South Africa, the wealthiest 10 percent of the population earn nearly 60 percent of the country’s [...]
Huge Wage Gap Between Blacks and Whites Threatens to Tear South Africa Apart
September 4, 2012 | Posted by
South African Miners Cleared of Murder Charges in Police Shooting
September 2, 2012 | Posted by
Murder charges against 270 South African miners involved in a violent clash with police have been dropped by the state, laying some of the controversy to rest. An official announcement by South Africa’s national director of prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba was made on Sunday, confirming that the charges had been suspended, with a final decision to [...]
So. African Govt. Orders Mining Co. To Drop Threat to Fire Miners
August 21, 2012 | Posted by
In the wake of the shocking police massacre last week that left 34 striking miners dead, the South African government has ordered the platinum mining company to lift its threat to fire all the striking workers if they don’t return to work today. “The president [Jacob Zuma] has declared this week as a mourning week. [...]
