A team of officials from various departments will meet mining bosses and Amcu over strikes in the platinum belt.
Employers on the platinum belt are committed to meeting again with a labour court judge in a bid to end the protracted wage strike.
While recognising employees’ right to strike, Anglo American Platinum has expressed its sympathy following the killing of one of its mineworkers.
Lonmin says it has fired 235 of its workers "who have been absent since January 23" – the day Amcu members downed tools demanding a higher salary.
The miner and striking union have denied knowledge of a hit list allegedly circulating around Marikana of miners who might return to work.
Platinum mining companies have expressed their disappointment following news that Amcu’s marathon strike will enter its 15th week.
At an undisclosed location, mine representatives will continue to meet with Amcu – whose members downed tools demanding a basic salary of R12 500.
As a three-month long strike by miners affects the platinum belt, Amplats says its Rustenburg operations are in a marginal financial standing.
With no end in sight for Amcu’s strike in the platinum sector, an analyst has predicted producers will "implement extreme measures" to break protests.
Platinum companies have claimed to be in touch with employees who want to come back to work but fear being killed by protesters if they do.
Amcu members are marching to the Union Buildings, where they are set to hand over a petition raising grievances with government and mining companies.
Negotiations to resolve Amcu’s strike at three platinum mining companies will resume on Monday, while losses in the industry continue to mount.
Anglo American Platinum says the Amcu strike over wages has resulted in the mining giant losing hundreds of millions of rands in revenue daily.
Wage negotiations and a mediation process, aimed at resolving the Amcu strike at Lonmin, Anglo American and Impala Platinum, is expected to resume.
Wage negotiations between major platinum producers and Amcu collapsed last week but are expected to begin again on Tuesday as the strike continues.
While continued strikes in the platinum belt are costing the mines, the toll on the country is in fact higher says the Chamber of Mines.
Amcu members demanding a R12 500 minimum wage, have downed tools at Amplats, Implats and Lonmin mine in the North West.
The Legal Resources Centre has provisionally pulled out of the Farlam commission of inquiry’s proceedings, the third party to do so this week.
The Chamber of Mines has offered a 4% industry-wide increase despite demands for up to double pay for entry-level workers.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and platinum giant Lonmin have failed to see eye to eye in recent negotiations.
The South Gauteng High Court has been scheduled to hear an urgent application to grant miners access to Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine hostel.
The government should nationalise Anglo American Platinum if it continues with the proposed retrenchment of 14 000 workers, says trade union Amcu.
The mining catastrophe at Marikana has revealed a lack of credible leadership in the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which has lost support.