ANA reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) will be suing Northam Platinum for the murder of a member, union president Joseph Mathunjwa said on Wednesday.  

"We have lodged a civil claim against Northam Platinum, the police and the National Union of Mineworkers [NUM].  They must pay this comrade," he said at Thembinkosi Mhlabeni’s memorial service.  Mhlabeni was stabbed to death on 6 June when Amcu members clashed with NUM members near the R510 road between Northam and Thabazimbi.  The clash was triggered by the death of NUM member Mthetheleli Somaxhama, who was gunned down on 5 June in Northam.  Mathunjwa told union members that the NUM and Northam Platinum mine management should take the responsibility for Mhlabeni’s death.  He also indicated that Amcu members would not return to work at Northam’s Zondereinde mine until the mine assured the union that workers would be safe.

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• See too, Mathunjwa warmly welcomed by workers at Northam on Wednesday, at eNCA

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