South Africa's militant AMCU union refused to sign a peace deal with platinum company Lonmin yesterday, undermining government-backed efforts to open pay talks and end a four-week strike scarred by deadly violence.
Lonmin, the world's third biggest platinum producer, signed the accord with the National Union of Mineworkers, however representatives of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) have declined to put their names to the deal.
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