WATCH: Gold One miners resurface as strike ends
The more than 400 workers at the Gold One Modder East mine, east of Johannesburg, resurfaced from their four-day sit-in on Monday.
The workers failed to resurface last Friday in protest against the dismissal of more than 50 workers linked to a similar sit-in by 500 miners in October.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says workers were assaulted during the latest sit-in, with at least 13 of them having to receive medical attention.
Addressing the media outside the gates of the mine on Monday, NUM branch secretary at Gold One Mine, Sifiso Nkosi, said five of the miners were in a critical condition.
WATCH: The #NUM branch secretary here Sifiso Nkosi confirms all miners have now resurfaced. Nkosi says 13 of the workers needed medical attention, &of those 5 were “critically injured” due to “assaults”. NUM’s called on #GoldOneMine to close now for the Dec break pic.twitter.com/zWLZQtq5Rt
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) December 11, 2023
All of the mineworkers, who had been underground since Thursday, resurfaced and dispersed after a meal and a brief meeting.
WATCH: Famished miners who’ve just come out of a four-day sit in underground at #GoldOneMine line for a plate of food &drinks. Some here have said hunger was the main reason behind the decision to resurface. Many more are still arriving pic.twitter.com/MaZOf0Dlja
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) December 11, 2023
Police also began leaving the mine’s premises.
