Mantashe ropes in colleagues to help deal with violent mining strike
The protracted strike by members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union which has already claimed nine lives at Sibanye-Stillwater operations in Carletonville is proving to be a headache for Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, who has now called in the help of Cabinet colleagues in the labour and police portfolios.
Shezi said: “The main priority for the ministers is to bring back a sense of normality to the area. Ordinarily, a strike is supposed to be settled between the labour unions and the management through a process of collective bargaining. It is concerning that this strike has been protracted and led to incidents of violence and death and the minister would like to see the strike resolved as soon as possible.
“The strike at Sibanye-Stillwater, which began in November 2018, has become violent, impacting negatively on communities in the area, with nine deaths reported thus far and an estimated 62 houses burnt down,” Shezi said.Mantashe had a meeting with the mine bosses on Friday. He met the unions separately on Thursday.
Montisetse said at the meeting with Mantashe he had implored the minister to agitate for a commission of inquiry into the killings at the mines.“These killings must be probed. We believe there is a third hand responsible for the killings. Whoever gives the orders for these killings must be arrested, then we’d have got to the bottom of the problem.”He added that the only solution to the killings “will come from the people who are killing others”.
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