It was a year ago that escalating labor tensions in the country of South Africa ground its mining sector to a halt, when demands from striking workers for wage hikes were met with aggressive retaliation in the form of rubber bullets first and then ve

JOHANNESBURG, May 21 (Reuters) - Ten striking miners at achrome mine in South Africa were admitted to hospital afterclashes with security guards, police said.

Security officials used rubber bullets to help disperse a crowd of striking miners at the South African Lanxess chrome Mine Tuesday, where employees have been on strike since last week.

CAPE TOWN, May 21 (Reuters) - A two-day wildcat strike at a Mercedes Benz plant in South Africa ended on Tuesday but industrial union NUMSA demanded a hefty pay hike for the sector, raising the prospect of labour unrest in factories alongside turmoil

Far from fighting off foreign capital, leaders from India to South Africa are struggling to attract a greater share of global capital flows

South African cellphone operator Vodacom Group Ltd. (VOD.JO) plans to expand its operations on the continent, entering two or three more countries in the next three years, the company's chief executive said Monday.

South African cellphone operator Vodacom Group Ltd. (VOD.JO) plans to expand its operations on the continent, entering two or three more countries in the next three years, the company's chief executive said Monday.

JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - South African financial services firm Alexander Forbes said on Monday it is considering possible deals to sell off stakes in its short-term and life insurance unit, Guardrisk.

JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - Big wage hikes demanded by the government-allied trade union in South Africa's coal and gold industries helped push the rand to a four year low on Monday,...

JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - Big wage hikes demanded bythe government-allied trade union in South Africa's coal andgold industries helped push the rand to a four year low onMonday, highlighting the ripple effect of the prospect of moreturmoil in

JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - Big wage hikes demanded by the government-allied trade union in South Africa's coal and gold industries helped push the rand to a four year low on Monday,...

JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - Netcare Ltd, Africa's third-biggest private hospital group, posted a 25 percent rise in half-year profit on Monday, helped by a strong performance in South Africa and favourable currency swings.

JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - South African industrial group Barloworld Ltd boosted first-half profit by a third on Monday, as a solid result in its Russian mining equipment business offset slack demand at home.

JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - South African industrial group Barloworld Ltd boosted first-half profit by a third on Monday, as a solid result in its Russian mining equipment business offset slack demand at home.

JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - South Africa's Vodacom Group reported a 23 percent rise in full-year profit on Monday underpinned by a strong performance by its African subsidiaries and growth in data usage.

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said Sunday that it had submitted a demand for upcoming gold and coal-sector wage talks, kick-starting what is likely to be a fraught process.

JOHANNESBURG, May 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's justiceminister on Sunday accused an Indian High Commission officialand some South Africans of colluding to obtain permission for aplane chartered by a rich family close to President Jacob Zumato use an

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said on Sunday it would seek pay hikes of up to 60 percent from the country's gold and coal producers in upcoming wage talks which are expected to be among the toughest ever.

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said on Sunday it would seek pay hikes of up to 60 percent from the country's gold and coal producers in upcoming wage talks which are expected to be among the toughest ever.

JOHANNESBURG, May 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said on Sunday it would seek pay hikes of up to 60 percent from the country's gold and coal producers in upcoming wage talks which are expected to be among the toughest eve

JOHANNESBURG, May 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's NationalUnion of Mineworkers said on Sunday it would seek pay hikes ofup to 60 percent from the country's gold and coal producers inupcoming wage talks which are expected to be among the toughestever.

JOHANNESBURG, May 18 (Reuters) - Operations at a chrome minein South Africa owned by chemicals group Lanxess havebeen suspended since Thursday after some 470 workers started anillegal strike over bonus payments, the company said onSaturday.

JOHANNESBURG, May 18 (Reuters) - Operations at a chrome minein South Africa owned by chemicals group LANXESS have beensuspended since Thursday after workers started an illegal strikeover bonus payments, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)said on

JOHANNESBURG, May 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's Allied Electronics (Altron) said on Friday it had made a firm offer to acquire all of the share capital in Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) it does not already own.

JOHANNESBURG, May 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's Allied Electronics (Altron) said on Friday it had made a firm offer to acquire all of the share capital in Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) it does not already own.

JOHANNESBURG, May 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's Allied Electronics (Altron) said on Friday it had made a firm offer to acquire all of the share capital in Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) it does not already own.

JOHANNESBURG, May 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's Allied Electronics (Altron) said on Friday it had made a firm offer to acquire all of the share capital in Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) it does not already own.

* ANC deputy president says hard to tell what is going on

* ANC deputy president says hard to tell what is going on

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported for work on Friday, a company spokeswoman said, despite earlier calls for a strike by some union leaders.

Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinumreported for work on Friday, a company spokeswoman said, despite earlier calls for a strike by some union leaders.

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported for work late Thursday, and a labour leader said the workers will strike on Friday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shares lower and the rand

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported for work late Thursday, and a labour leader said the workers will strike on Friday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shares lower and the rand

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa'sAnglo American Platinum reported for work lateThursday, and a labour leader said the workers will strike onFriday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shareslower and the rand to

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum will down tools late Thursday or Friday, labour leaders said, in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shares lower and the rand to a four-year low.

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa'sAnglo American Platinum will down tools late Thursdayor Friday, labour leaders said, in an escalation of unrest thatsent the company's shares lower and the rand to a four-year low.

DAKAR, May 16 (Reuters) - South Korean power firm KEPCO has signed a deal to build a 250 megawatt coal-firedplant in Senegal, part of the West Africa state's efforts to cutreliance on oil- and diesel-fired generation, public utilitySenelec said on Th

DAKAR, May 16 (Reuters) - South Korean power firm KEPCO has signed a deal to build a 250 megawatt coal-fired plant in Senegal, part of the West Africa state's efforts to cut reliance on oil- and diesel-fired generation, public utility Senelec said on

Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (AMS.JO), the world's largest platinum producer by output, tried Thursday to head off a wildcat strike at its South African mines, urging employees to avoid industrial action that could put more jobs at risk.

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa'sAnglo American Platinum will strike from Thursdayevening over proposed job cuts, a union official said, drivingits shares lower and sending the rand to a four-year low.

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum will strike from Thursday evening over proposed job cuts, a union official said, driving its shares lower and sending the rand to a four-year low.

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - South Africa is the Saudi Arabia of platinum with steroids thrown in.

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - South Africa is the SaudiArabia of platinum with steroids thrown in.

Lonmin mineworkers in South Africa are returning to work after their two-day strike in protest at the shooting of a senior union official at the weekend.

NEWCASTLE, South Africa, May 16 (Reuters) - It's notluxurious, but Goldfinch Garments, the Chinese-owned SouthAfrican factory where Sindisizwe Zwane works nine hours a day,is far from a sweatshop:...

Unions Renew Push for Nationalization as Companies Plan Cuts to Cope With Slowing Demand

MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Workers at Lonmin's South African platinum shafts were ending a walkout, the company said on Wednesday, easing fears that a two-day strike could ignite fresh labor violence in the continent's largest economy.

MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Workers at Lonmin's South African platinum shafts were ending a walkout, the company said on Wednesday, easing fears that a two-day strike could ignite fresh labor violence in the continent's largest economy.

MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - The main union at Lonmin's South African platinum shafts told striking miners to return to work on Wednesday, potentially defusing a two-day wildcat action that had raised fears of a fresh wave of labor violence.