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Wildcat strikes spread across SA's mines

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Fiel photo: Policemen react after firing shots at protesting miners outside the Lonmin mine at Marikana. Fiel photo: Policemen react after firing shots at protesting miners outside the Lonmin mine at Marikana.

Two more mines have now been affected by the wave of wildcat strikes that are crippling the mining sector.

Miners at Gold One's Cooke four shaft in Gauteng did not show up for work on Monday and another strike took place at Kumba Iron Ore's Sishen mine in the Northern Cape on Wednesday.