By AFP
The latest talks to try to end South Africa’s months-long strike against the world’s top three platinum producers have broken down, the new mines minister said Wednesday.
“It appears like the mediation has come to a stop yesterday,” Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramathlodi told Talk Radio 702.
“I don’t think … the judge succeeded with the mediation,” he said.
The latest talks were initiated last week by the Labour Court, after the government and independent mediators failed to break the deadlock in a four-month-long strike that has led to South Africa’s economy contracting.
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