South Africa: Police Kills More Than 30 Striking Miners

- Mine “bloodbath” shocks post-apartheid South Africa (Reuters, Aug 17, 2012): The killing by police of more than 30 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick of South Africa’s psyche on Friday, with people and the media questioning its post-apartheid soul. Newspaper headlines screamed [...] continue reading the breaking news