That is as far as we are prepared to go at this point in time. Ramaphosa said: “What I can say to you is that we all listened to thatĪnnouncement and we have noted what he has said, what he has announced, and Relating to the situation in Gaza, President Ramaphosa has been giving his firstĪsked what the ANC would do about the announcement, President He also launched highly personal attacks on President Ramaphosa, includingĬalling him a “proxy” for white capitalist interests.Īt a press conference on Monday afternoon Registered uMkhonto we Sizwe, named after the long-disbanded armed wing of the On Saturday, Jacob Zuma said he would campaign for the newly “noted” his predecessor’s statement about voting for a new party rather than South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he has Implats, the company that recently acquired the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine, where the protest is under way, says that 167 workers had safely re-emerged while 2,038 others remained underground by Tuesday.ĪFP Copyright: AFP President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to the press at the ANC's headquarters in Johannesburg Image caption: President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to the press at the ANC's headquarters in Johannesburg It is reportedly fuelled by disputes over a profit-sharing scheme and the release of workers' pension funds. The protest began on Monday morning and has been labelled illegal as it was not sanctioned by the National Union of Mineworkers "For some time we thought this is just a sit-in but as developments came out, those that are able to leave underground tell us that workers underground are held against their will, so it is actually a hostage situation," Geoffrey Moatshe, the regional secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers told Newsday on Wednesday. More than 2,000 South African workers remain underground for a third day of sit-in protest at a mine in Rustenburg, about 100km (60 miles) north-west of Johannesburg.Ī local union official has, however, told the BBC's Newsday programme that some of the workers underground are being held hostage by their colleagues. Several homes in the town's Harbour Heights neighbourhood were evacuated minutes after midnight on Wednesday as a precautionary measure, Mr Carelse told the Eyewitness news site.įive firefighters have been injured in the operation and two taken to hospital.ĪFP Copyright: AFP Most workers are protesting against poor pay and benefits at a platinum mine Image caption: Most workers are protesting against poor pay and benefits at a platinum mine "Only a single derelict building was damaged last night at around 8pm on the grounds of the SA Navy," Cape Town's emergency services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse was quoted as saying by IOL news website. The fire started on Tuesday morning and was spread by winds overnight, local media say. The town hosts the country's main and largest naval base. Nearly 300 firefighters and three helicopters are battling a wildfire that broke out on Tuesday on a mountain overlooking Simon’s Town, about 40km (24 miles) south of Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters Copyright: Reuters The fire services spokesperson says a single derelict building on the navy base was damaged Image caption: The fire services spokesperson says a single derelict building on the navy base was damaged
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