Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2014
Extended platinum-sector strike
A five-month strike over wage demands disrupted the company and the wider South African platinum industry. The stoppage was associated with violence, lost output, reduced worker income and significant economic effects in South Africa.
2012
Labour unrest and mass redundancies
The company’s decision to make 12,967 striking miners redundant during the 2012 platinum-sector unrest drew criticism from political groups and community representatives and became part of the broader controversy surrounding wages, inequality and labour conditions in South African mining.
2007
Disputes over indigenous communities and mining rights
Critics and public-interest organizations alleged that communities affected by platinum mining were displaced and that legal measures were used against representatives opposing operations on tribal land. War on Want also criticized the wider Anglo American group’s treatment of communities in developing countries.