Indian businessmen Ajay Gupta and younger brother Atul Gupta.
RUSTENBURG – A councillor was among 11 people arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property in Tigane near Klerksdorp following a protest, North West police said on Wednesday.
#sapsNW 11 People arrested in Tigane following protests due to retrenchment of Shiva Mine employees, facing charges of public violence. SW pic.twitter.com/YvOS6UnMhh
— SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) October 11, 2017
Lieutenant Colonel Pelonomi Makau said the councillor was expected to appear in the Hartbeesfontein Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, and ten others were expected to appear in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Shiva Uranium miners get R1 900 a month.
— Ottilia Anna M (@MaS1banda) October 11, 2017
That's below minimum wage.
URANIUM. MINERS.
She said a group of former employees of the Gupta-owned Shiva Uranium Mine embarked on a protest, claiming they were not paid after their retrenchment.
Mine workers at Shiva Uranium are protesting, saying their R1 900 salary is too little, some have been retrenched without letters. #sabcnews
— Nzinga Qunta (@NzingaQ) October 11, 2017
Supported by the community of Tigane, they tried to march to Hartbeesfontein but police managed to stop them before they got into town where they allegedly intended to damage property.
In the process, a police vehicle was damaged.
