South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Tuesday that it had established a fund to aid striking platinum miners.
It added that it was bussing migrant workers home at Easter to sit out the strike at their rural homes.
The action by 70,000 Amcu members at Lonmin, Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum reaches the 12-week mark on Thursday.
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
SALEEM BADAT and VASU REDDY introduce a new book about an outstanding interpreter of the world, and an activist scholar committed to changing society
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents


