The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has until July 16 to regain its majority at Lonmin so it can keep its offices at mines in Rustenburg.

The Labour Court in Johannesburg ordered that the 90-day period, in terms of the union’s recognition agreement with the company, would run from April 16 to July 16.

Lonmin had intended to close NUM offices on May, 30. Earlier this month, the mine reportedly announced that NUM’s rival, Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), represented 70% of the workforce at Lonmin. Amcu now wants recognition rights as a majority union.

Meanwhile, in the Northern Cape, Kumba Mine says it cannot commit that it will heed a NUM call for the reinstatement of 120 dismissed workers at its Sishen operations at Kathu. The iron ore giant acknowledged receiving a memorandum of demands from NUM on Wednesday.
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