Lafarge South Africa has dismissed around 200 employees from some of the company’s sites, including its cement plant in Lichtenburg, following several ‘illegal’ work stoppages in the past few weeks. The workers were issued with letters of dismissal on 8 July 2016 after they ignored two written ultimatums to return to work, according to Lafarge. The workers had ‘illegally’ downed tools, to demand the reinstatement of the National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM) National Full Time Shop Steward, who has been suspended for contravening company policy.