Amcu will continue with its strike at Sibanye-Stillwater mines until three other unions can prove that they have a combined majority at the company's operations. This comes after Sibanye this week extended a wage agreement signed with NUM, Uasa and Solidarity to all workers on the grounds that these unions now represent the majority of employees. Joseph Mathunjwa, the president of Amcu, said on Friday that Amcu rejects the majority status of the three unions and that the onus was on the company and those unions to prove their membership. "Sibanye is falsifying the numbers," he said, adding that Amcu had not received resignation letters from any members. "As far as we are concerned we are still on strike," Mathunjwa said. The strike was still protected as Amcu had not received notification indicating otherwise. But members could decide to return to work, he said. James Wellsted, head of investor relations at Sibanye, said on Thursday that the collective membership of NUM, Uasa and So...
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