Hundreds block roads in South African platinum belt as strike breaks

MARIKANA South Africa (Reuters) - Hundreds of stick-wielding miners barricaded roads and torched roadside vegetable stalls near Lonmin's South African platinum mine on Tuesday, in an attempt to block fellow strikers from breaking rank and going back to work.

Lonmin and other producers have appealed directly to striking miners to return to work, skirting the militant AMCU union which has threatened that "something else" could happen if companies continue to address workers directly.