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THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES: Disgruntled mineworkers at Marikana in North West again took to the streets yesterday instead of joining negotiations to end the strike. PHOTOS: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

TOOLS DOWN: Gold Fields mine workers in Carltonville are also on strike, demanding R12,500 a month.

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The striking workers' representatives yesterday flatly refused to join the negotiations, facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).

The National Union of Mineworkers, United Association of SA, Solidarity and the employer, Lonmin, who all signed a peace accord, asked the CCMA to engage strikers. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union did not sign.

As part of the peace agreement, the parties had expected the workers to report for duty while wage negotiations were taking place.

But the workers, who did not take part in the peace agreement, remained defiant, and did not report for duty.

They were still adamant that their co-operation was subject to their salaries being raised to R12,500.

"The CCMA will meet with worker delegations within the next 24 hours to attempt to persuade them to comply with the peace accord, to return to work before negotiating," CCMA spokesman Nersan Govender said yesterday.

Lonmin management said it condemned the ongoing intimidation and threats to life and property. "No business can operate in an environment where threats and intimidation are the order of the day," the mine said.

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Sun May 26 10:12:44 SAST 2013 ::

Sep 12, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Fire them!!!!
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Sep 12, 2012

Chichi7

Just fire the whole lot and you will be amazed at how many more people will come forward to apply for jobs. Alternatively close the mine for a while. They expect to be paid for no work? mxxm
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Sep 12, 2012

Mokoduwe

MorenaWaPolelo and Chichi7
What the hell are you on about, for all we know you brats are working in a non risky enviroment like these miners do, so shut up if you don/t have anything to say.
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Sep 12, 2012

DIKENKENG

Chichi fireing people is not a solution,the workers and management must meet each other halfway.Its clear they cant afford to pay them R12500.00
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Sep 12, 2012

Mkabayi-kaJama

Some black people here are stupid. Your brothers are being enslaved there and you say they must be fired. You must be ashamed of yourselves. I mean, you yourselves cannot be happy with a R4000 salary...
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Sep 12, 2012

DIKENKENG

Mokoduwe o bua nnete batho ba bua easy coz thet are not faced with the situation,their kids and wives dont sleep with an empty stomachs,their colleagues were not brutally murdered,they are sitting comfortably wherever they are browsing the internet.
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Sep 12, 2012

Ompas

Mokoduwe and Dikenkeng,all employyes who work underround get risk allowance,if you compare the work of a person working on surface doing the same job,they get some amount less.There are wise guys who works at lonmin who are looking for work on other mines around rustenburg cause of the worsening situation at lonmin.
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Sep 12, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Mokoduwe
MorenaWaPolelo and Chichi7
What the hell are you on about, for all we know you brats are working in a non risky enviroment like these miners do, so shut up if you don/t have anything to say
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Mokoduwe Im in the risky environment Im running my own business and a share holder in other business and if the labour dispute is not resolved in any of my business interests it wil mean I loose money. This labour dispute is rediculas this guys do not want to work there anymore but to create havoc at the mine. They have exausted all legal evenues and what is left is for them to make up their minds or leave!!! You can not tell me o shat up, I will express my opinion anytime I want too is cretins like you who should shat up you stupid emotions are getting the better of you!!!
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Sep 12, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

DIKENKENG
Mokoduwe o bua nnete batho ba bua easy coz thet are not faced with the situation,their kids and wives dont sleep with an empty stomachs,their colleagues were not brutally murdered,they are sitting comfortably wherever they are browsing the internet
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Trying to be a human rights activist does not suit you because you dont have facts, if you work at a till you will not understand, if your a frustrated with your work and you are not getting your way it best for you to look for another job or leave. Its a simple decision why do you wnt to play good people when is you steeling your bosses time browsing the internet.
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Sep 12, 2012

ThirdEye

How can they expect miners to strike for more than 4 weeks & all of the sudden go back to work without getting what they were striking for? The best thing the management can do is to put a figure on the table R8000-R10000, if the miners reject it then persuade them to go to work & assure them that they will negotiate & improve the offer.

But not push them to work without anything.
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