Police have are gearing support as outraged mine workers are coming in large numbers at Aquarius Mine in Rustenburg. The mine workers are angry after of three of their fellow employees were shot dead and others were injured yesterday.
About 250 miners who had been striking illegally for the past two weeks gathered outside the K5 Khwezi mine on Wednesday afternoon, Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.

“There was a confrontation between members of the security and the unruly employees. Security guards fired shots at the mineworkers, killing three, while 15 others were injured.”

Ngubane said petrol bombs were confiscated from mine workers.

“Ballistic testing will be done on the security guards’ [guns] and post mortems will be conducted.”

No arrests had been made yet.

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