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Amcu head Joseph Mathunjwa’s role could hinge on how platinum talks unfold
Mathunjwa is again rolling dice that are unlikely to deliver the win that he and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union want
18 June 2019 - 17:57
Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), adopted a proprietary tone when asked about his future in that position at last week’s media conference on platinum industry talks.
Mathunjwa has just come out of a bruising five-month strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold division and is heading into platinum industry wage talks with a demand for a 48% increase of basic salaries to R17,000 a month from the average R11,500 per month...
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