South African police use rubber bullets and stun grenades on miners

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 (Reuters) - South African police used rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse about 3,000 striking miners at an Anglo American Platinum shaft on Tuesday, a police spokesman said.

Two miners were arrested at the demonstration near Rustenburg in South Africa's platinum belt northwest of Johannesburg, said spokesman Thulani Ngubane.

"At 8 o'clock this morning the workers were dispersed," Ngubane said.

(Reporting by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo; editing by David Dolan)

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Keywords: S.AFRICA STRIKES/