Friday, August 17, 2012

Unrest in South Africa

If you follow the slow descent of the Union of South Africa - from its status as the only remaining developed nation on the African continent into chaos - here is a Reuters story on Yahoo News you will want to read.

Police trying to control a battle between two competing unions at a platinum mine had to fire into a crowd of armed workers. The picture associated with this story does much to explain why shooting happened.