The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) says it will continue engagements with Sibanye Stillwater.
This after a sit-in of more than 200 workers underground at the mine’s Kwezi Shaft in Rustenburg in the North West resurfaced last night.
Aggrieved workers are protesting over the Employee Share Ownership Scheme (ESOP) for Kroondal.
K6 Shaft workers also halted operations in solidarity.
Sibanye-Stillwater has emphasised that discussions between the company and unions regarding the details of the proposed Kroondal ESOP are ongoing and that the proposal has not yet been implemented because the acquisition of Anglo Platinum’s 50% share in the Kroondal PSA transaction has not been concluded.
AMCU’s regional deputy chairperson Xolile Dangala says, “This is to confirm that as AMCU, we will still be engaging the employer. And I can confirm that 95% of the workforce that was said to be underground had come out and we hope and believe that we will be having all of them out of underground.”
-Report by Thabang Morutloa
