[miningmx.com] – GWEDE Mantashe, secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) has cautioned the newly appointed mines minister, Ngoako Ramatlhodi to handle his intervention in the platinum wage negotiations with care.
According to a report by Sapa, Mantashe also questioned the motive for the protracted nature of the strike asking whether it was political. “Of concern was whether this was a collective bargaining strike or a political strike,” he said.
Mantashe was speaking after the party’s national executive committee meeting in which “disturbing developments” in the platinum strike were noted. Sapa said wage negotiations involved members of the Economic Freedom Fighters and white foreign nationals.
“These two factors led the lekgotla into cautioning the ministry of mineral resources in handling the facilitation with care,” said Mantashe. “There were questions about the role of the state in workplace disputes where there are clear rules guiding it,” he said.
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