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Marikana (South Africa) (AFP) - Hundreds of striking miners marched at a Lonmin platinum mine in South Africa Wednesday, where bosses have been trying to break deadly stoppages that have severely curbed production. Marchers wielding clubs and pipes chanted as they moved in coordinated groups to a stadium near the Lonmin operations in Marikana northwest of Johannesburg. Lonmin set Wednesday as the deadline to return to work after it bypassed AMCU union bosses to persuade workers to return underground after nearly four months of strikes. Police were deployed at Lonmin after at least three miners were killed since the weekend, some reportedly workers who defied the strike and wanted to report for duty.
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