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Cape Town - Sixteen weeks down the line and the strike on the platinum belt is crying out for intervention, says Inside Labour columnist Terry Bell in his inaugural weekly, in a studio labour wrap.
"This is definitely a national crisis... miners and their families are starving and some miners have committed suicide."
If this does not necessitate intervention, then perhaps allegations of questionable profits made by platinum companies will, because "government may be losing tax revenue."
For this and more on what's happening on the labour front, watch:
Do you have anything labour-related you'd like Terry to cover in his next labour wrap? Drop us an email.
* Terry Bell is a political, economic and labour analyst. Views expressed are his own. Follow him on twitter @telbelsa.
"This is definitely a national crisis... miners and their families are starving and some miners have committed suicide."
If this does not necessitate intervention, then perhaps allegations of questionable profits made by platinum companies will, because "government may be losing tax revenue."
For this and more on what's happening on the labour front, watch:
Do you have anything labour-related you'd like Terry to cover in his next labour wrap? Drop us an email.
* Terry Bell is a political, economic and labour analyst. Views expressed are his own. Follow him on twitter @telbelsa.
