05 June 2015
The National Union of Mineworkers has raised its concerns regarding the
current retrenchments waged by the Mining Industry.
According to NUM since 2012 the mining industry has shed more than
35 000 jobs majority of these are in the platinum and gold industry.
Since the start of this year the whole industry has retrenched between
5 000 and 10 000 jobs.
NUM’s Livhuwani Mammburu says if you look at Glencore Optimum Coal Mine in
Mpumalanga they issued section 189 where they are going to close down the whole
operation and without following the due processes.
Firstly they have to adhere to section 52 of the MPRDA which is that, if
the company is going to close down their operation or is going to retrench more
than 10% of the work force, it must firstly inform the Minister of Mineral Resources
and a lot of companies are not doing that.
“Harmony has just issued section 189 at Dooronkop mine, they are going
to almost retrench 99% of the employees without following the due processes
again” Mammburu added.
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