Johannesburg - A round of talks between the platinum industry and unions was expected to continue this week.
Platinum bosses and unions will meet at the Chamber of Mines on Monday for negotiations.
It was hope the talks would result in an agreement which would resolve the strikes by the end of the month.
The appeals for 12 000 workers fired from Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) for participating in the unprotected strike, were postponed to Wednesday.
NUM spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka said on Saturday that the union had not yet made a decision on whether to appeal on its members' behalf.
First, it wanted to see what the outcome of the Chamber of Mines meeting would be.
Amplats announced it had fired 12 000 striking workers on Friday.
“Disciplinary hearings for striking Rustenburg mine employees have been completed and affected employees will be informed of the outcome of the hearings today,” it said in a statement.
Employees would have three working days to appeal. - Sapa