TMG Digital/Sowetan reported on Thursday that at least 66 rock drill operators (RDOs) were staging a sit-in underground at Gold One’s Modder East Operations in Springs‚ Ekurhuleni.  

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) confirmed that the union members had been staging the sit-in since Tuesday. The  NUM’s Livhuwani Mammburu said:  “The rock drill operators are demanding [a] R250 bonus per blast.  The RDO’s said that they will not come out of underground until their demands are met.  “They are also demanding that the management must not take disciplinary actions against them when they come out underground.”  He also called on the Minister of Mineral Resources to intervene in the interests of health and safety.

• Read this report in full at TimesLive
• A short report is also at Mining Weekly
• The NUM’s press statement in this regard is at Polity

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