Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has said that it has had no choice but to initiate disciplinary action the 80 per cent of its workforce at its Rustenburg mines that continues to strike illegally.
The firm has made repeated calls for the strikers to return to work since it re-opened the mines on Tuesday 17th September, having previously halted operations amid a wave of labour unrest.
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