During the first six months of this year, more than 100 000 miners have taken strike action over wages, bad and unsafe working conditions and the harassment of shaft stewards.
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Working on the mines is no picnic!
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- April 1982
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Working on the mines is no picnic!. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106966
South African History Online (2016) 'Working on the mines is no picnic!', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106966 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Working on the mines is no picnic! [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106966, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Working on the mines is no picnic!." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106966. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Working on the mines is no picnic!." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106966.
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