IN PICS | Hygiene problems prompted women miners to end protest at Gold One
A compromise to end the sit-in was reached after women in the group started to complain about itching from not bathing for three days, a lack of medication, menstrual discomfort and fatigue
26 October 2023 - 13:34
A surprise sit-in protest at the beginning of a shift, a back and forth of updates by union leaders, singing and chanting while others took long naps, avoiding the politics, characterised the impasse at Gold One mine in Springs, Gauteng...
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