We should be at R12, 500 already – AIDC

By SAPA

Amcu’s R12,500 wage demanded in the ongoing platinum strike could already have been met if producers had not sold metals at below market price, the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) said on Monday.

“Lonmin had been systematically over a 10-year period, bar one or two years, underselling their metals,” director Brian Ashley told reporters in Johannesburg.

“We are not alleging any illegal activity of the three companies [Lonmin, Amplats and Implats]. We are looking at the issue of affordability.”

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