Village Main Asks South Africa Police Head to Help End Strike
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Village Main Reef Ltd. said it will today approach South Africa’s chief of police, Riah Phiyega, to help it end a weeklong underground sit-in by workers at one of its gold and antimony shafts in the northern Limpopo province.
The company is trying to resolve a strike that started on July 10 when about 100 employees refused to exit the Monarch Decline Shaft at the Consolidated Murchison mine. The stoppage, which halted the operation, involves a total of 918 workers. Those underground have had access to food, water and electricity, the company said.