Platinum task team to meet Amcu

Pretoria - A inter-governmental technical team will hold a final meeting with Amcu in an effort to resolve the platinum sector wage strike, Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said on Saturday.

The team would receive feedback on whether the mineworkers accepted an offer currently on the table from mining companies, he told reporters in Irene, south of Pretoria on Saturday.

The meeting would take place on Monday.

Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) members at Lonmin, Impala and Amplats downed tools on January 23 demanding a basic monthly salary of R12 500.

They have so far rejected the companies' offer that would bring their cash remuneration to R12 500 by July 2017.

The strike has cost the employers R21.2bn in revenue and employees have reportedly lost R9.4bn in earnings.