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Amcu to down tools at Amplats
Amcu is opposing restructuring at Amplats, which will see 4,800 people lose their jobs.
Construction workers were demanding a minimum monthly wage of R5,500
At least 21,000 workers in the gold sector are still on strike after some accepted a new wage offer.
Chamber of Mines and the NUM are now in talks after a revised wage offer was tabled.
The Cape Chamber of Commerce says the gold sector strike could be the most costly ever.
Around 80,000 NUM members have downed tools in the gold mining sector.
Workers affiliated to the National Union of Mineworkers will down tools on Tuesday.
90,000 construction workers have downed tools and are demanding a 13% wage increase.
Violence erupted among striking construction workers on Rivonia Road on Monday.
The union says mine bosses are making millions while workers are suffering.
The NUM plans to issue its intention to call a strike in the construction sector.
Miners are demanding the retrenchment of 1,800 employees be cancelled.
The threat comes after Amplats announced it planned to cut 7,000 jobs.
Amcu signed an agreement with Lonmin last week making it the majority union.
NUM and the ANC have boycotted the event commemorating the anniversary of Marikana.
Lonmin says the best way to commemorate the Marikana tragedy is to ensure it's never repeated.
Police are hunting for the gunman who shot and killed an NUM shop steward on Monday.
A NUM member was attacked with a Knobkerie in Marikana on Sunday during a recruitment rally.
The NUM member who was attacked at mining rally in Marikana is in fact alive.