[miningmx.com] — ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM (Amplats) has issued an
ultimatum to striking workers, saying its employees are compelled to report for duty
from Thursday evening.
The company last week closed its Rustenburg operations, citing intimidation and fears
over safety, but it has since deemed conditions to have normalised sufficiently to
resume work at its five major shafts in the region.
“The increase in police visibility and action has created an environment conducive for
our employees to return to work and isolated incidents of intimidation and violence
are being dealt with,’ the company said in a statement issued on Wednesday.
“Given the authorities’ assessment that it is safe to go to work, the company is now
left with no alternative but to declare those who have not returned to work to be
participating in illegal industrial action…’
The company said that it has told its employees they have to return to work by the
night shift on Thursday, failing which “legal avenues will be pursued’.
