The situation at Lonmin Platinum Mine calls for management and labour to negotiate and engage each other in good faith to find win-win solutions instead of screaming threats at each other, North West Premier Thandi Modise said on Thursday.
“While AMCU’s strike action threat is not helpful, management should make an effort to rebuild trust to ensure that the negotiation process is not confrontational but is aimed at resolving disputes as speedily as possible. Strong arm tactics, divide and rule and violence should not characterise negotiations in the mining sector,” stressed Premier Modise.
The premier said that the provincial government is encouraged by NUM’s call for peace, stability and worker unity. Modise had earlier in the week condemned violent conflict that has claimed the lives of about six people around the mines and called for the parties to denounce violence and commit themselves to peaceful coexistence at Lonmin and other mines around Rustenburg.
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