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South African breakaway mining union Amcu starts fund for platinum strikers
Workers bussed home for easter as strike reaches 12-week mark
South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Tuesday that it had established a fund to aid striking platinum miners.
It added that it was bussing migrant workers home at Easter to sit out the strike at their rural homes.
The action by 70,000 Amcu members at Lonmin, Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum reaches the 12-week mark on Thursday.
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