Anglo platinum workers
Amplats confident of settling wage dispute with NUM
The company has offered workers a wage increase of 6.75% while the union is demanding 14.35%.
The company has proposed a restructuring process that will impact thousands of its employees.
Locals started protesting to voice their dissatisfaction with Anglo Platinum's Mogalakwena Mine
Africa’s most advanced economy is also struggling to shake off the shock of the strike.
Amcu says its wage deal with platinum producers will be signed today.
The platinum producer says it's ready to re-enter talks to end the seven-week long strike.
The strike has so far taken around 440,000 ounces of platinum out of production.
The strike hit SA platinum mines and 40 percent of the global platinum supply.
Amplats’s recovery is threatened by looming strikes across South Africa’s platinum belt.
The platinum mine is losing more than 3,000 ounces a day due to the ongoing strike.
Labour activists say they will not tolerate any job losses due to cuts by Anglo American Platinum.
Amplats will on Monday announce its plans for its Rustenburg mine which might affect 14,000 workers.
Premier says consultation should take place before Amplats retrenchment plan is enforced.
CCMA are arranging a date and time to facilitate discussions over the Amplats resructuring saga.
Mining companies are reviewing their operations which could lead to massive job losses.
The Num insists it has played a crucial part in the widespread industrial action in the mining industry.
Strike leader Godfrey Lindani said most workers are ready to accept the deal on certain conditions.
Anglo Platinum employees barricaded the road between Amplats and Xstrata mines on Monday morning.
Anglo Platinum's management offered miners a once-off payment of R4,500.