Unions call for resignation of top management and the CEO Neal Froneman
Hundreds of mine workers marched in the West Rand of Johannesburg on Saturday to protest looming retrenchments at gold mining giant Sibanye-Stillwater.Shortly after concluding a retrenchment process in December, Sibanye announced that more than 575 employees would be retrenched with a further 550 granted voluntary severance packages.
The protesting mine workers highlighted the impact the company's recent wave of retrenchments has had on workers and their families. Shortly after concluding a retrenchment process in December, SibanyeThe company has claimed that a business review has identified a need to address losses at the Beatrix 1 shaft in the Free State and the Kloof 2 plant in the West Rand.
"When there is a boom in the economy, they share the profits amongst themselves. And when they are not doing well and there is a knock on the economy the first people that must leave are the workers. South Africa cannot afford to have any more people who are unemployed," said COSATU President Zingiswa Losi."Thirty years down the line we have not really realised the mission to close those gaps.
NUM in its memorandum of demands called for the resignation of top management and Froneman,"as they are unable to stabilise and run the mining company".
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