Police have used tear gas and rubber bullets on striking miners.
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The workers at the Anglo American Platinum mine near Rustenburg want a pay increase.
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Fellow miners at the nearby Lonmin plant secured a 22 per cent pay rise on Tuesday.
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But the settlement does not resolve lingering questions about union rivalry at the heart of the violence, or the underlying class struggle.
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Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports.