Thousands of workers are striking for a fifth week at a South African platinum mine.
South African Platinum Mine Workers Strike
![Striking workers at the Blesbok Stadium near Rustenburg,South Africa, September 13, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A263A098-5005-4838-990F-9A0CE087FF6A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Striking workers at the Blesbok Stadium near Rustenburg,South Africa, September 13, 2012.
![Striking mine workers armed with machetes, sticks, and spears march to a smelter plant at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, September, 12, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/42D2D667-D1E6-4D7A-ABE3-1D6D18F14C4B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Striking mine workers armed with machetes, sticks, and spears march to a smelter plant at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, September, 12, 2012.
![Police keep an eye on striking mine workers as they march to a smelter plant at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, September, 12, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E5112D1F-6008-4262-8E22-572FF534FE9A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police keep an eye on striking mine workers as they march to a smelter plant at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, September, 12, 2012.
![Mine workers take part in a march at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa, September 10, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/CCB979D1-542B-4572-9A1A-A531AEFB6A0D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mine workers take part in a march at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa, September 10, 2012.