Sibanye-Stillwater job cuts: Here’s what NUM is proposing instead of mine closures and retrenchments

“Based on the outcome of a detailed operational and financial review of Kwezi shaft, the Company considers it necessary to commence a section 189A consultation process regarding the proposed restructuring of Kwezi shaft,” said Sibanye-Stillwater.

The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) in Rustenburg, North West, has urged government to take a closer look at mining giants shutting down operations in South Africa because of declining production.“We are now calling upon our government to look at the small scale of mining because if now these big companies are going to shut down these operations because they’re not making a massive production, they can then give these mining licences to the small-scale mining companies to mine these operations.”