Fired Kumba miners now destitute

Fired Kumba miners now destitute

17 May 2013 00:00 - Lisa Steyn
Workers have turned to the union they scorned at the time of the unprotected strike - the National Union Mineworkers.
Search for 100 miners believed dead in Sudan comes to an end

Search for 100 miners believed dead in Sudan comes to an end

04 May 2013 13:52 - Abdelmoneim Abu Edris Ali
The search for about 100 workers believed to have died inside a collapsed gold mine in Sudan's Darfur region has ended, says a miner.
Silent killer lurks in miners' lungs

Silent killer lurks in miners' lungs

25 Jan 2013 00:00 - Heidi Swart
Silicosis might appear only 15 years after exposure to gold ore dust, long after they have gone home. Heidi Swart reports.
Lawyers representing Marikana miners run low on funds

Lawyers representing Marikana miners run low on funds

19 Jan 2013 10:34 - Sapa
The legal team for 270 miners who were arrested and injured during a shooting at the Marikana mine are running low on funds, it has been reported.
Mine workers in N West to unify for mass strike

Mine workers in N West to unify for mass strike

10 Nov 2012 16:03 - Sapa
A workers' representative has confirmed that workers from several mining companies in the North West will unify in a mass strike in the new year.
NUM stands fast on shifting ground

NUM stands fast on shifting ground

26 Oct 2012 00:00 - Kwanele Sosibo
Despite the negativity about it among miners, the National Union of Mineworkers still believes that it can win them back, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Marikana miners' families left reeling

Marikana miners' families left reeling

31 Aug 2012 00:00 - Heidi Swart
Families in Pondoland, a traditional source of labour, bury their men and primary earners who worked at Lonmin.
Lonmin estimate 57% of miners are back at work

Lonmin estimate 57% of miners are back at work

25 Aug 2012 12:56 - Sapa
Lonmin mines has estimated that at least 57% of workers across the eastern shaft at their Platinum mine in Marikana have returned to work.

Sick miners want Anglo American to pay up

11 Dec 2011 12:06 - Justine Gerardy
Anglo American has been sued on two continents by miners wanting to be paid out after falling ill due to exposure to dangerous levels of dust.

NUM to take on Petra Diamonds

09 Jun 2011 08:32 - Staff Reporter
Over 2 000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers are to march to the Cullinan offices of Petra Diamonds to hand over a memorandum of demands.

Mines in Aids test dispute

04 Feb 1994 00:00 -
The mining industry's fledgling Aids agreement has struck its first rock.

NUM expresses outrage at Chamber of Mines' comments

17 Nov 2010 17:20 - Staff Reporter
The National union of Mineworkers called the South African Chamber of Mines liars for saying there has been an improvement on safety in mines.

Managers' response to mine law 'the pits'

30 Sep 2010 10:12 -
It was a bold, even desperate attempt by China's leaders to cut the shocking death toll in its pits: send the bosses down the shaft with the miners.
Relief at voices of trapped miners

Relief at voices of trapped miners

27 Aug 2010 12:24 - Staff Reporter
Psychologists 'happily surprised' by condition of miners after 19 days on shift foreman's strict rationing in underground bunker.

Social insecurity

25 Sep 2008 06:00 - Stuart Rothgiesser
Migrant workers in the SADC region are being doubly punished when it comes to recouping social security, writes Stuart Rothgiesser.