Vavi tells Implats miners to work

Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Thursday urged stronset of sand production equipmentiking mineworkers at Impala Platinum's (Implats) Rustenburg operation to return to work.

“Let us go back,” he told the group at the stadium in Freedom Park, Rustenburg. They shouted back that they were not prepared to do so. Vavi told the workers a meeting had been set for Friday between Cosatu and Implats to discuss the strike. He said Cosatu would argue that all dismissed workers should be reinstated with the same benefits they enjoyed before the strike. “It will not help for us to go back one by one. Let us all go back to work, and allow negotiations to continue.” Leaders of the striking workers told Vavi they would not to return to their jobs unless their demands for a R9 000 monthly salary, after deductions, were met. “Why do we go underground without...