This past Thursday, December 20, 2012, the South African police fired rubber bullets into a crowd of hundreds of gold mine workers. Harmony Gold, a company in Johannesburg, suspended over 600 gold mine workers only days prior to the shooting. The workers were on strike do to poor working conditions and extremely low wages.
The protest Thursday was triggered due to the fact that the African National Congress decided to agree with the windfall tax on the profits of the mining companies. The ANC also re elected Jacob Zuma as its leader in hopes of attracting strong and promising investors as well as reach out to unions that will increase the benefits of the mine workers.
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