Marikana - Talks to end a wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana were under way on Wednesday, the company said.
“We are meeting with unions. We hope an agreement will be reached,” said spokeswoman Sue Vey.
She said no formal demand had been presented to the company.
“We hear rumours... It is like a fight for control between unions.”
Workers associated with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) went on strike on Tuesday, demanding that the National Union of Mineworkers' (NUM) offices at the mine be shut down with immediate effect.
Vey said on Wednesday that the NUM had been given notice to vacate its office in July.
Striking workers were heading to the Wonderkop stadium mid-morning on Wednesday. Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa was expected to urge them to return to work.
Vey said the NUM and Amcu had distanced themselves from the strike.
Some reports have linked the strike to the killing of Amcu North West regional organiser Mawethu Steven at a tavern in Photsaneng on Saturday.
A NUM shop steward and his twin brother were shot dead in Nkaneng, in Marikana, on Saturday.
Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana was at the centre of a wildcat strike in the platinum belt last year, when 44 people were killed - 34 of them at the hands of the police - in strike-related action. - Sapa