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SowetanLive reports that at least 34 mineworkers who allegedly held 500 of their colleagues hostage underground at a Springs mine last week have been suspended.
Gold One’s Ziyaad Hassam said the miners were suspended on Tuesday and Wednesday and would face internal disciplinary proceedings from early next week. He said the suspensions came after eyewitness reports from employees underground and camera footage were obtained. “We do have footage underground, which we viewed and has given us an indication of those involved,” he indicated. “We are in the process of identifying more suspects and taking statements down but no charges have been laid and no cases have been opened. Two processes are running separately, the internal DC hearing for contravention of the code of conduct and potential criminal cases will be if any of the employees have been engaged in criminal conduct and we are able to identify those employees,” Hassam said. More than 500 employees spent three days underground from Sunday until Wednesday last week. While the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) labelled the event as kidnapping, the rival Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said the sit-in was in protest against the company’s failure to award it organisational rights.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jeanette Chabalala at SowetanLive
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