SABC News reported on Friday that 40 mineworkers who had been staging a sit-in underground at the Lace Diamond Mine outside Kroonstad in the Free State had abandoned their protest action.
They began their sit-in on Wednesday after allegedly failing to receive any wages since November 2016. This was after the company claimed it did not have sufficient funds to pay salaries. The workers resurfaced after the business rescuers stopped other miners from taking food and water to those underground. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said the plight of about 300 miners at the mine remained unchanged and that negotiations were at a deadlock.
- Read this report by Maryna van Wyk in full at SABC News
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