Mine management and the main union at the mine, Num, describe it as a “hostage situation” saying a small group of supporters of Amcu are preventing a larger group of approximately 500 workers from leaving.
JOHANNESBURG - Dozens of police and private security have made their way inside the Gold One Modder East Operation in Springs amid a hostage situation - where over 500 miners are being held underground at the mine.
It's understood police and private security on the scene are hatching a tactical plan to extract the 500-plus miners being held hostage. Meanwhile, a Gold One employee has told Eyewitness News that workers at the Springs mine took a decision last week already to stage a sit-in. "We decided to stage a stay-in underground so that the management of Gold One can take our plea seriously."
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