{Man torched, another shot as S. Africa mine strike violence resumes|The violence near an Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) mine has escalated since the company dismissed 12,000 striking miners on Friday|Analysts say the Marikana strike, which ended with a hefty pay raise for the striking workers, inspired a wave of copy-cat strikes that have since spread to gold and iron ore mines as well as the trucking industry|Amplats’ operations in the Rustenburg platinum belt northwest of Johannesburg have been brought to standstill since most of its workers went on strike last month|It was unclear if the victim was a miner or whether the bullet had been fired by police|
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