Workers at a Buffalo Coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal have staged a sit-in, with some underground employees refusing to return to the surface unless their demands for salary increases are met.

The company announced in a press release on Friday that during the afternoon shift on April 8 about 130 employees at its Aviemore mine, located 4km from Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal, refused to vacate their work stations and started unprotected strike action...

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