S. Africa’s government has some stark choices ahead…S.Africa warns strike-hit platinum mines could close

If the South African government were to put pressure on the Western/Anglo corporations instead of the people who are trying to earn a decent wage, they could extract the proper concessions for their own people instead of looking out for colonialists that have done nothing but rape, rob, and pillage since3 their arrival to Africa’s shorews.
If these strikes force Anglo corporations to close, then good. The government then under international law could lawfully seize them, then turn them over to the people who are running them and mining them now. This would be super productive for South Africa’s economy and move towards self independence economically, returning the resources and wealth back into the hands of the people!
   This is how the government should be thinking. This is what they should impress upon the foreigners, not on their own! This would force the corporations hands when they look at what they stand to lose overall. The government should also impress upon the West that whether or not the mines stay under foreign ownership is a win win situation for South Africa’s miners, because either they will get higher pay or take over the mines completely keeping most revenues.
S.Africa warns strike-hit platinum mines could close (via AFP)

The South African government and its central bank chief warned Tuesday that strike-hit platinum mines could close, throwing miners out of work and rocking an already shaky economy. The world’s three biggest platinum miners — Anglo American Platinum…

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