FILE PHOTO: Clouds pass over the pit head at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Growing unrest at Sibanye-Stillwater's South African gold operations has left nine people dead since workers downed tools in November, prompting the country's mines minister to call on the police to step in and protect the local community.
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has requested the assistance of the Minister of Police to "restore and safeguard the safety and security of the community" in Carletonville in the west of Johannesburg, the mines ministry said.
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