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SowetanLive reports that about 300 miners emerged from the Lanxess Chrome Mines near Rustenburg on Thursday after spending nine days underground as part of a sit-in in protest against mine management.
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) called off its sit-in strike after reaching a settlement with mine management. “The strike was very difficult for our members. They fought against an inflexible management who denied them food in an attempt to break the strike. For nine days they slept on the hard, cold stone floor of the shaft, in freezing temperatures, inhaling the fumes of the chrome dust,” Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said in a statement on Thursday evening. Workers at the mine had been underground since 19 June, striking largely over claims that Lanxess had not taken take action against a mine captain accused of sexual assault. Also, the HR manager, security manager and his wife allegedly victimised the victim. In terms of the settlement between management and the union, the alleged perpetrator would be placed on special leave pending a final investigation; the mine would investigate the HR manager, security manager and his wife; and striking miners would not be fired.
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