He thinks Lonmin is trying "with one symbolic gesture to erase their tainted image, to wipe out their bad past". "They think this is the end of the power struggle with Amcu, but Amcu almost certainly regards it as just the beginning." Given the aforementioned clause in its recognition agreement with Amcu, it is hard to imagine how Lonmin can get away with it. Du Plessis thinks Magara, who declined a request for an interview, and his top executives have been misled.