The unprotected underground protest action at Impala Bafokeng’s platinum mine, which began on Monday, has ended with all miners safely returning to the surface by Wednesday evening.
According to the National Union of Mineworkers, the workers were erroneously told there was extra money due to them after tax deductions on a dividend payout.
Jobs rout at Bakubung platinum project as the company deals with the impact of the "downturn in the mining industry", a recent five-week wildcat strike and community unrest over the past two years.
An employee at the troubled Gold One mine has told how he escaped an attack by his colleagues outside the company’s gates and moments later his car was torched.
The Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) has defended its expenditure of R222,447 in legal fees in a fight not to have to pay R2,083 to an employee who qualified for a bonus in the 2019/20 financial year.