South Africa: 2 dead in renewed miners' strikes

Two people have reportedly been killed as violence erupted once more during miners' strikes in South Africa.

The miners themselves are said to have killed one man after setting him alight, while another was fatally shot by police, who also used rubber bullets and tear gas on other protesters.

The violence near the Anglo American Platinum Mine (Amplats) has escalated since the company dismissed 12,000 striking miners on Friday.

Police have claimed they were responding to the miners' attempt to stop operations at Amplats' Bathopele mine on Thursday, according to the South African Press Association, which also reported that two taxis were set on fire.

The strikes in South Africa have been ongoing since August, and has seen dozens of miners killed during protests, including the massacre of 34 people at the Marikana mine on August 16.