Sibanye-Stillwater and Amcu to host joint press briefing today
The gold miner, which has bore the brunt of a prolonged and violent strike, gave no details on whether the two sides have come to an agreement
Sibanye-Stillwater notified the media on Wednesday of a joint media briefing with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) later in the afternoon, but it did not say whether it marks the end of a five-month gold strike. Sibanye did not give any details of what could transpire at the briefing or whether the two sides have come to an agreement in what has been a bitterly contested and nasty strike. Amcu called a wage strike on November 21 at Sibanye’s three gold mines in Gauteng and the Free State in what has been violent industrial action in which nine people have been killed and more than 60 houses burnt. There have been numerous battles fought in the labour court with the tide turning in Sibanye’s favour, the latest ruling being that the company can extend the wage deal it struck with three other unions in November last year. Sibanye launched an independent union membership verification process that it said showed Amcu to be in the minority and, pending court r...
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