Trade union members of AMCU and the NUM gave union leadership a mandate to accept a three-year wage proposal made by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to the parties. This could see the end of a three-month long lockout by Sibanye-Stillwater at its SA gold operati .
Sibanye-Stillwater's boss Neal Froneman says the world is facing a potential economic downturn and it would not make financial sense to agree to the union's demands.