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Protest at mine leads to arrests unknown > By unknown - 28 May 2008 - 02:00 Joel Avni Joel Avni Police yesterday arrested 11 of 15 picketers for illegally gathering to protest outside Anglo Platinum s PPL mine near Mokopane, Limpopo. The protestors had been attending a two-day workshop arranged by the Environmental Monitoring Group and the South African Water Caucus to discuss how big business - such as mines - had affected local supplies of uncontaminated water. Mine officials summoned police and charged that the picketers had affected its operations. Though the picketers had dispersed to their vehicles, officers dragged them onto the mine s property where they were bundled into police vans, said George Dror of Jubilee South Africa, one of the organisers. ....