EWN reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it will serve another 48-hour notice to go on strike in the coal sector if it cannot reach a wage agreement with employers on Monday.  

The union postponed the strike, which was due to officially begin on Sunday, as some of the coal producers had put forward a revised wage offer.  The NUM is demanding a R1,100 once-off increase for this year, as well as 8% and 9.5% wage increases for 2018 and 2019 respectively.  The NUM’s Livhuwani Mammburu said:  “Our members are the ones who were given as a mandate to say don’t file the notice now, let us see what these companies are going to offer on Monday.  And then, if they offer something good, they will accept but if they don’t offer something good, our members will immediately give us a mandate to go on strike.”

• A short report by Koketšo Motau is at EWN

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