Steelpoort strike resumes again
According to the paper's sources, some of the residents were unhappy about the way in which the task team that had been elected on August 14, recruited and hired workers for the mines.
EERSTEGELUK – Just less than two months after the violent Steelpoort strike came to an end, it flared up again on October 13.
A Nulaid Eggs truck loaded with eggs was torched by residents of Tukakgomo who blockaded the R555 next to Lannex Mine. They demand jobs at nearby mines.
According to the paper’s sources, some of the residents were unhappy about the way in which the task team that had been elected on August 14, recruited and hired workers for the mines.
“The task team that was elected only recruits friends and family. If you don’t know them, chances of getting hired are slim,” one of the sources revealed.
The task team comprises community members from Tukakgomo, Phasha, Mampuru villages, members from the Department of Minerals Resources and mine management.
It was revealed in August that its main duties were to deal with the mining squabbles and to ensure effective communication and cooperation between the mines and communities.
The residents also complained that some of the mines did not hire “the sons and daughters of the soil” as agreed in Pretoria on August 14. They still wanted local business to be given procurement opportunities in the mines. Read more about this in Friday’s Steelburger/Lydenburg News.
