Amcu lashes Sibanye, wage talks stall

Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa told City Press the company, one of the world’s biggest platinum producers after buying Lonmin’s operations in the North West, was fuelling tension and encouraging union members to join other labour groups.

“Neal Froneman [Sibanye’s CEO] wants to do the same thing he did in the gold sector by bringing the other unions to the table via the back door. “They lobbied chiefs to vilify us and speak out against our demands and this is what Lonmin did in 2012. They are undermining employment equity now and bringing white workers from their other operations to come take up senior positions in the Lonmin operations instead of promoting black people who are already there,” he said.

“The coalition has further been granted certain organisational rights by the CCMA [Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration], which must be respected by the parties. We are aware that Amcu has tried to set this award aside through taking the matter on review. Their attempt was unsuccessful. Amcu has lodged an appeal, but this appeal does not suspend the operation of the arbitration award,” Wellsted said.

In response to the alleged discrimination about promoting employees, Wellsted dismissed it. “Sibanye-Stillwater does not discriminate and has a very clear employment equity policy. The reality, though, is that the integration process is a complex one and we have taken over operations [Marikana] which have been underperforming for some time.

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