In South Africa platinum town, striking miner ready for deal

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QK4DCbY1oDUZou1Z8jH5zQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2014-04-25T140910Z_1007970001_LYNXMPEA3O0B4_RTROPTP_2_OZAT P-US-SAFRICA-STRIKES-AMCU.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-platinum-town-striking-miner-ready-deal-140910175.html)By Zandi Shabalala and David Dolan MARIKANA South Africa (Reuters) - After three months without pay, striking miner Jeffery Shipulale is ready to accept almost any offer from his employer, South African platinum producer Lonmin. We are hungry, there is no money," the Mozambican national told Reuters as he and his wife hawked tomatoes, onions, and loose cigarettes at a stand in the ramshackle mining town of Marikana. The latest wage offer from Lonmin, Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum, which will see annual pay hikes of up to 10 percent and bring the basic entry-level wage to 9,250 rand a month by July 2017, were being communicated directly to workers by cell phone text messages on Friday.



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