numsa (national union of metalworkers of sa)

Hlubi-Majola, who recently joined the Motor Industry Staff Association (Misa) as its spokeswoman, said the alleged threats were linked directly to her work while at Numsa.

She said in Rustenburg, smelter 3 000 jobs have been lost as a result of the smelter being mothballed.

“Workers deserve fair pay for the profits they helped create. Workers are the backbone of Eskom’s success. Their efforts have kept the lights on and delivered record profits."

Numsa was joined by other unions and affected security workers when they handed over their memorandum of demands.

She passed away on 23 August aged 75.

Numsa said the city has failed to uphold a promise to pay retrenchment packages for workers.

Bidvest issued a memo suggesting the two murders were related to the ongoing Numsa strike.

Workers said the employer was wrong to punish them for incidents that allegedly occurred in 2016

Numsa spokeswoman Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said they want to make the IDC review its funding of the SA Steel Mills

The union also secured the burning demand for bosses to contribute to primary healthcare cover for workers.