Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union
regional chair Thabang Molite addresses members on
the wage strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's
gold operations outside the Driefontein mine in Carletonville in March. File photo.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the discontent showed by workers who booed and stormed the stage when he was meant to speak on Workers’ Day was an indication of weakening trust in political leadership and public institutions.
He made the remarks in his weekly newsletter two days after he was whisked away by his security detail from the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, North West, where he was unable to address workers because they demanded he leave.
Among the workers concerns was a demand for a monthly R1,000 salary increase for Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine workers. This as workers have been on a three-month-long strike after the mine rejected their demand and instead offered an R800 annual increase, which is being rejected.
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