NUM union says members to return to work tonight at Northam Platinum mine

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said its members will return to work for the nightshift on Tuesday at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde after staying away since Monday last week after violence broke out at the site.

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Northam suspended operations at the mine on June 6 after a worker was fatally stabbed when members of NUM clashed with those of the rival Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).

The AMCU said its members would not return to work at the mine until those behind last week’s killing were arrested.