Anglo american platinum miners on strike
Amcu: Platinum strike will continue
Amcu's leadership says the platinum sector strike will go on until wage demands are met.
Around 100,000 mineworkers from Amplats, Implats and Lonmin platinum mines are on strike.
The committee representing workers has lashed out at Amcu's Joseph Mathunjwa.
A Labour Court ruling has halted the gold strike for now, but the massive platinum strike will go on.
President Jacob Zuma has urged the labour sector and employers to resolve disputes.
The arrests come after a confrontation between police and striking miners.
Amplats says it will be business as usual as it continues to engage with government and workers.
Minister Susan Shabangu is livid with Amplat's plans to restructure its operations.
Amplats miners are not working because they might 14,000 employees might be retrenched.
Anglo Platinum is probably going to shut its Union mine soon, a source claims.
Outgoing Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll says SA must get rid of the "spectre of nationalisation".
Amplats strike leaders say wage negotiations between workers and management are ongoing.
The Num insists it has played a crucial part in the widespread industrial action in the mining industry.
The union vowed to help miners get a basic salary of R16,000, now that they've returned to work.
Miners warned bosses they will not give up on their demand for a basic wage of R16,000.
Strike leader Godfrey Lindani said most workers are ready to accept the deal on certain conditions.
Amplats workers will face dismissal if they fail to report for duty by the end of Wednesday.
Strike leader Godfrey Lindani said the workers were unfazed by threats of dismissal.
Anglo American Platinum strike leaders spoke at the Olympia stadium in Rustenburg.