Four AngloGold Ashanti mineworkers were injured when their bus was stoned as they returned to work to end a strike, company spokesman Alan Fine said.

"The buses they were on were stoned," said Fine. "There were a few injuries. Four injuries," he said.

This happened at the mine's Moab Khutsong operations in Gauteng.

It is one of six mines affected by a strike -- Great Noligwa, Kopanang as well as the West Wits operations -- Mponeng, Savuka, and TauTona.

National Union of Mineworkers spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said mineworkers at Moab Khutsong voted on Tuesday night that they would return to work.

However, a small group of about 20 or so mainly young people were not happy with the decision.

"So when workers started going back to work they started pelting stones at the buses," said Seshoka.

Fine said the company would see what could be done to enable people to return to work if they wished to do so.

Seshoka said people were keen to return.

Comment was not immediately available from police.

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Oct 17, 2012

amaBok

I suppose those 20 stone throwers are economic freebie fighters. They dont want a job or a raise. They want a mine.
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Oct 17, 2012

Python9#

when we pray in vain to have this restless situation come to an end, some unruly individuals go their way. at teh end of the day, this has to come to an end, one way or the other. of course pple need better wqages and so on, but doing it th edemocratic way can save us a lot, pelting busses with stone juts aggravates the already tense situation
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