STRIKING mineworkers who break the law will be jailed, Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi promised the Mining Indaba last week. Leaving the labour issue till last in his 20-minute opening address to the jam-packed conference, the Minister told the 7 000 mining professionals attending that he was totally committed to taking the strongest action to preventing violent strikes similar to the five-month strike that dogged Rustenburg's platinum belt from January to May last year.
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