Lonmin Update: Attendance Figures/Update
Attendance today: Preliminary figures are 13% average attendance across all shafts this morning. We understand that employees are waiting for the environment to be safe before returning to work.
Situation on the ground: There have been incidents of intimidation towards bus drivers overnight as well as intimidation of Eastern's workers this morning, preventing them from coming to work. Management is appealing to all stakeholders to remain calm.
Peace Accord: Discussions are ongoing to find common ground among all stakeholders. Management is meeting with the SA Council of Churches again today as well as meeting with representatives of the striking workers. The objective of these meetings is to achieve cessation of the violence and a return to work in a safe and secure environment. The Peace Accord meeting is on Wednesday 29 August 2012 and we expect to have more information after that.
We continue to communicate with our employees to reassure them that we are all working together to bring resolution and we encourage them to come back to work.
Lonmin Update: Ongoing Engagement with striking workers