http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090804/wl_nm/us_safrica_strikeThe last time this happened Platinum went to $2000+ a ounce! Now it looks like it might happen agan . The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which has 16,000 members at Eskom, said a strike was inevitable and could start on Monday or Tuesday. “We don’t see how a strike can be avoided ... Our plan is to start mass action as early as next week,” NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said. http://www.saelections.co.za/articles/6775/power-black-out-fear-as-num-threatens-eskom-strike
