Platinum company Lonmin on Thursday expressed deep concern about ongoing violence, damage to property and intimidation of employees by the near-mine Bapo Ba Mogale community, which is demanding 1 000 jobs for its members and 500 cadet positions for its unemployed youth. The London- and Johannesburg-listed company, which recently reduced its employee complement by 6 000, declared the latest demands unrealistic as its fights for survival in the current ultra-low platinum price environment. Lonmin currently employs 33 000 people, including contracting personnel.
