EU Ambassador Charles Whiteley calls on LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Tajul Islam at the latter’s office of the ministry on Thursday. NN photo

Hunger, anxiety as S African mining strike wears on

AFP, Marikana :Miner’s wife Nomfanelo Jali hasn’t been able to serve her family meat in a month and increasingly struggles to put anything on the table at all, as South Africa’s long-running platinum strike takes its toll.On January 23 Jali’s husband downed tools along with 80,000 other platinum miners, vowing not to return to the shafts until their minimum monthly wage was doubled to 12,500 rand, around $1,186.Ten weeks later, inside a tin shack in the shadow of the quieted...

8 Apr 2014, 12:00 am

EU Ambassador Charles Whiteley calls on LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Tajul Islam at the latter’s office of the ministry on Thursday. NN photo

Hunger, anxiety as S African mining strike wears on

US gymnast Simone Biles joins Gap’s Athleta, ends Nike deal

Khaleda wants dialogue with govt

School chess training workshop on Friday

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EU Ambassador Charles Whiteley calls on LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Tajul Islam at the latter’s office of the ministry on Thursday. NN photo

Hunger, anxiety as S African mining strike wears on

US gymnast Simone Biles joins Gap’s Athleta, ends Nike deal

Khaleda wants dialogue with govt

School chess training workshop on Friday

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