Implats joins S.Africa mining chamber amid labour unrest MyZA

JOHANNESBURG Aug 23 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Impala
Platinum said on Thursday it had joined the country’s
chamber of mines as a full member, a move that could see it
eventually bargain collectively with other companies and stem a
wave of labour unrest.

South Africa’s platinum sector currently negotiates with
unions on a company-by-company basis, leaving it exposed to an
upstart and militant union that has recruited through the
platinum belt by promising workers at individual firms it can
cut better deals for them.

(Reporting by Sherilee Lakimidas; Writing by Ed Stoddard;
Editing by Jon Herskovitz)