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Netwerk24 reports that hundreds of employees and personnel at the Foskor Mine and at the Palabora Mining Company (PMC) at Phalaborwa were trapped for hours on Thursday when striking members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) blockaded the roads.
Members of the police’s public order unit were deployed to ensure order and to remove the barricades. Gert Coetzee, secretary of the Phalaborwa community policing forum (GPF), said that about 400 persons had been trapped on the premises. According to Coetzee, Amcu members protested at PMC on Wednesday and on Thursday arrived at Foskor’s gates. While the protesters conducted themselves peacefully, at about 15:00 they began to prevent persons from leaving the premises. The situation was resolved at about 19:45. Amcu was apparently demanding a wage increase of 12%, while the mines were only offering 8%. (Loosely translated from Afrikaans)
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