Bakubung mine workers stage strike; demand salary increase
More than 200 mineworkers are staging a sit-in underground at the Bakubung Platinum Mine in the North West
According to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) workers are demanding a salary increase and an end to the planned retrenchment of 500 employees.
The mineworkers have been staging a sit-in underground since Wednesday morning, 20 mineworkers have since resurfaced because of chronic conditions.
Numsa representative Enoch Manyoni said it is still trying to verify if any of its members are being held against their will at the Bakubung Platinum Mine in the North West.
“We are very disturbed because we have more than 100 members that are working for the same company and majority here is NUM [National Union of Mineworkers] who is having more than 700 workers. So, our concern is that we are not sure…we do not have information whether our members being underground at their own will or if are forced into participating in support of the strike.”
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