“Thousands of people have received food-aid parcels in South Africa’s platinum belt, where a strike has crippled output at mines owned by the three biggest producers for almost 18 weeks and left many starving.  About 12,000 people have benefited from packs of corn, rice, beans and bread distributed in the Rustenburg area, where many of the nation’s platinum mines are located.  Employees don’t get paid when on strike in South Africa, which produces about 70 percent of mined platinum. The workers have forfeited 8.5 billion rand ($818 million) in wages, while the companies have lost 19 billion rand in revenue, the producers said on a joint website.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-21/families-queue-for-food-aid-as-platinum-strike-enters-18th-week.html

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