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Johannesburg - The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has rejected a 0.5% increase in Northam Platinum's wage offer, the union said on Wednesday.
The mining company made the offer on Monday after a meeting between the two parties, acting NUM spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu said in a statement.
The offer meant core workers in categories two to eight would get a 9.5% increase, and non-core workers, nine percent.
"This is a proposal of two years," Mammburu said.
"The company is further proposing a once-off payment of R3 000 for all the category two to eight employees."
Core workers in categories nine to 10 were offered eight percent, and non-core workers 7.5%.
A seven percent increase was offered on the workers' living allowance.
Mammburu said that although the union had rejected the latest offer, it had an alternative proposal. This would be divulged only after it was presented to the mine's management on Wednesday.
Workers affiliated to the union went on a strike on November 3 at Zondereinde mine in Amandelbult, Limpopo, demanding a salary increase of R2 100 for core workers and R2 000 for non-core workers.
Northam Platinum said last Monday that it had lost R500m in revenue and its workers R100m in wages since the strike began.
