Germany Chancellor plans lithium deal with Serbia after Rio ruling
Olaf Scholz plans to visit Serbia this week to secure supplies of lithium that are critical for the nation’s energy transition and auto industry.
South Africa, Africa’s largest economy, is being hit by a fresh wave of strikes affecting the car, construction and airport sector, as the country still struggles to recover from last year’s labour unrest.
About 335,000 people may get involved in ongoing and future strikes over higher wages, according to Bloomberg, especially as the country’s main mining union gets ready to ask its gold miners members to down tools this Friday.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which represents 64% of the country’s mine workers, has given bullion producers an ultimatum to accept its demand for pay increase of up to 60% by Friday or face labour action.
The government has called on the workers to ensure all strikes are peaceful, as labour disputes last year claimed up to 50 lives at South Africa’s platinum mines.
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2 Comments
Koos
Strike !!!! The shareholders want you to strike !!!! This is the quickest way to get rid of employees and to not retrench. So Strike !!!! Bring the whole country to a stand-still ! You know best, so Strike !!! Mines will close down as they already have been doing, and to immediately dismiss employees for striking is the easy way out for the companies. Thanks for bringing this country closer and closer to Zim !
Apple
Offer a 60% increase in salary for a 50% decrease in staff.