Team activated to resolve impasse that led to sit-in at Sibanye-Stillwater mine
Workers at the mine's Kwezi shaft, affiliated to mining unions, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), are demanding to be paid dividends from the company's share ownership scheme.
- National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
- Sibanye-Stillwater
- Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)
A Sibanye-Stillwater sign at a mine. Picture: Christa Eybers/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - A team has been activated to find a solution to the impasse which led to a mineworker sit-in at Sibanye-Stillwater in Rustenburg.
The mine is looking at ways to convince the striking mineworkers to resurface after staging a sit-in on Tuesday night.
Workers at the mine's Kwezi shaft, affiliated with mining unions, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), are demanding to be paid dividends from the company's share ownership scheme.
On Tuesday, the number of protesting workers sat at 200, however, following intervention from the task team, 31 workers now remain underground.
NUM Rustenburg chairperson, Geoffrey Moatshe: "The issue that they raise is genuine and it remains our responsibility as a trade union to go and address it with management once we have addressed the health and safety issue."