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RUSTENBURG – The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has threatened to shut down all mining houses represented in the Minerals Council of SA, if its demands are not met by Thursday.
Union members marched to the Mineral Council of SA on Tuesday to hand over a list of demands and union boss Joseph Mathunjwa called on the mining council to intervene in the situation.
“We demand that the Minerals Council plays a facilitatory role to ensure that Sibanye-Stillwater departs from their hard-headed stance – for the sake of the mining sector and for the sake of the country.
“We hereby give you forty-eight hours to respond to our demands, failing which we shall intensify our campaign of secondary strikes at the mining houses
represented in the Minerals Council,” Mathunjwa said in a memorandum.
“We are marching in solidarity with our comrades who have been on protected industrial action at the gold operations of Sibanye-Stillwater at Beatrix, Kloof and Driefontein.