Labour union, Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) at Xstrata’s Steelpoort mine in Limpopo is meeting stakeholders in the Sekhukhune area in a bid to end the stalemate where about 2000 miners were dismissed.

Amcu representatives are, on Wednesday morning, meeting the Tubatse Municipality and traditional leaders.

Workers affiliated to Amcu downed tools at the mine three weeks ago, alleging racism by management.

While the leadership of Amcu is meeting community structures in Burgersfort to seek their intervention, hundreds of dismissed workers are gathered 4 km away from the mine.

They are later expected to meet three traditional leaders who are the owners of the land where the mine is operating to ask them to convince the mine management to reverse its decision.

The strike resulted in the shutdown of three chrome mine shafts.

Management has since obtained a court order instructing the miners to gather 4 km away from the mine.
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