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| Four miners shot at Aurora goldmine in South Africa | Four miners shot at Aurora goldmine in South Africa |
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| Police and politicians say four miners have been shot and injured, apparently by security guards using rubber bullets, at the Modder East goldmine. | |
| Monday's shooting comes after the firebrand politician Julius Malema visited the Aurora goldmine last week and told fired mineworkers he was going to make South African mines ungovernable. | Monday's shooting comes after the firebrand politician Julius Malema visited the Aurora goldmine last week and told fired mineworkers he was going to make South African mines ungovernable. |
| The police spokeswoman Pinky Tsinyane said four miners had been shot and police had arrested four people for public violence. | The police spokeswoman Pinky Tsinyane said four miners had been shot and police had arrested four people for public violence. |
| Two weeks ago, police killed 34 striking miners at a platinum mine. Scores of miners arrested at the scene of that mass shooting north-west of Johannesburg await release on Monday. | Two weeks ago, police killed 34 striking miners at a platinum mine. Scores of miners arrested at the scene of that mass shooting north-west of Johannesburg await release on Monday. |