AMCU claims substandard safety equipment, procedures led to fatalities at Implats

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has decried the loss of life at platinum miner Impala Platinum’s (Implats’) Rustenburg mine, in the North West, in December and January. Union president Joseph Mathunjwa told journalists on Wednesday that the fatal incidents at 14 Shaft were a sad moment for all workers in South Africa and a painful reminder of the price workers had to pay to earn a living.