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A leader for striking miners at Anglo American Platinum mines in South Africa says they will make it difficult for the company to hire new miners, after the company fired 12,000 striking workers last week.
Evans Ramokga says Amplats will only hire new employees "over their dead bodies."
The world's top producer of platinum says it fired the workers for failing to attend disciplinary hearings in the aftermath of an unlawful strike that brought its Rustenburg operations to a halt.
Amplats spokesperson, Mpumi Sithole says the decision to fire the workers is final.
More than 20,000 mineworkers at Amplats have been staging a wildcat strike since Sept. 12, demanding R12,500 in take-home pay.
