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Johannesburg - Three stationary cars were torched at Impala Platinum's Rustenburg operations in the North West on Wednesday.
"Yes, I can confirm that. The three cars were set alight but there were no injuries," said Implats spokesperson Alice Lourens.
No one was in the cars at the time.
The vehicles were parked on the mine's property.
Criminal
Meanwhile Limpopo police spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said that striking mineworkers had been hiding in a veld outside Anglo-American Platinum's Northam mine at night and possibly plotting criminal activities.
"People are hiding and ducking in a bushy area or veld outside Northam mine in the evenings.
"The have been doing that from last week...every night they do that."
Mulaudzi said it was a small group of mineworkers and it was unclear whether they were from the North West or Limpopo.
Patrolling
"It is striking mineworkers in the bushy area and they have muthi people [traditional healers] with them," he explained.
"They are probably using muthi to help them be invisible [in the strike] or something."
He said police were trying hard to remove those hiding in the veld.
"We are pushing them away...they must get out of that area. I think we do disturb them because police are patrolling there all the time.
Amcu members at Lonmin [JSE:LON], Impala Platinum [JSE:IMP] and Anglo American Platinum [JSE:AMS] downed tools on 23 January, demanding a basic salary of R12 500 per month.
