– Gold mining companies yesterday tabled their three-year wage proposals, ranging from 5.5 percent and 6.5 percent for underground employees, and between 3 and 4.5 percent for miners, artisans and officials. Wage negotiations between four of the biggest gold producers and workers’ unions continue at a centralized collective bargaining forum. But then we use this opportunity to talk about whether the wages equal the risks faced by miners underground?

Guest: Livhuwani Mammburu, NUM National Spokesperson