Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill'

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By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to bring Africa's No. 1 economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in an 18-month labor crisis. The rand, which tumbled to a four-year low against the dollar on Thursday on fears of a strike at Anglo American Platinum, extended its slide on concerns about further disruptions to an already struggling economy. The currency fell as low as 9. ...




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I don't think anyone would notice to be honest.

If South Africa is Africa's No. 1 economy I dread to think what the rest of Africa is like.