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South Africa and the Politics of Socio-Economic Inequality

Sep 13, 2012 | 10:00 GMT

Thousands of South African mine workers walk to the Lonmin mine in Marikana on Sept. 10.
Thousands of South African mine workers walk to the Lonmin mine in Marikana on Sept. 10.

(ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/GettyImages)

South Africa has struggled to bridge the socio-economic gap that stands between the small fraction of its population that has what can be considered a first-world standard of living and the majority of the population. Striking miners are the latest manifestation of the country's fundamental social and economic inequalities....

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