Mining Weekly reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Tuesday said it supported employees who were striking at manganese and iron-ore producer Diro Resources’ operation, in Kathu, in the Northern Cape.  

The mine is said to have not paid its employees since May.  “We are aware of the business rescue process taking place, which in our view will compromise what is due to workers, as other creditors such as banks are being owed by Diro Resources,” NUM said in a statement.  The union further claimed that Diro’s employees were not registered with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).

• Read this report in full at Mining Weekly
• Read the NUM’s press statement in this regard at Polity

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