JOHANNESBURG: South African police said Saturday they had raided worker residences around platinum giant Lonmin's strike-hit Marikana mine, arresting 12 people and seizing traditional weapons.
"Five hundred members (officers) intervened at 2:00 am (1200 GMT) in an area with hostels where about 600 miners are residing around Marikana. We took pangas (machetes) and (other) dangerous weapons," regional police spokeswoman Thulani Ngubane told AFP, adding that police had made 12 arrests.
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