Sibanye-Stillwater increases wage offer for striking gold mineworkers
Sibanye-Stillwater on Friday, 22 April, gave gold mineworkers a higher wage offer, a month and a half into a strike at its gold operations.
NUM and AMCU members, who have been on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations since 9 March, leave after holding a mass meeting at the Driefontein mine in the southwest of Johannesburg. 22 April 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Under Sibanye's "final settlement offer", entry-level employees would be given an annual increase of R850 a month each year between 2022 and 2024, including a R50 increase in living out allowance.
Sibanye previously offered entry-level workers an annual increase of R800 a month, including a R100-a-month increase in living out allowance. The company's offer to miners, artisans and officials remains a 5% pay increase each year.
Source: Reuters
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