By Obakeng Maje
Rustenburg-Platinum producers will approach striking members direct after the negotiations collapsed.

The Amcu representatives were engaged in a meeting with Amplats and Anglo-Platinum but they could not come to conclusion.

More than 80,000 Amcu members down tools in January striking for a wage increase. The miners demand R12 500 and Amplats spokesperson Mpumi Sithole says platinum producers have recommended that Amcu accept the offer.

Sithole said the mine will phase in the offer in mid-2017.

“We are urging Amcu’s leadership to consider the economic position of the industry and that of the companies as well as the dire consequences the employees are undergoing as a result of the strike.”

The three–month long strike has already cost the companies over R13 billion while employees have lost R6 billion in wages.

The union has established a fund to help workers who haven’t been paid for more than three months.-TDN
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