- 19 Oct 2012 00:00 - Kwanele Sosibo
- Although the National Union of Mineworkers has welcomed the police action, mine workers want their colleagues freed, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
- 19 Oct 2012 00:00 - Lisa Steyn
- Workers have held Sishen mine hostage with demands far higher than their peers elsewhere. The developments have left the company dumbfounded.
- 19 Oct 2012 06:22 - Editorial
- President Jacob Zuma this week announced the first concrete measures aimed at bringing the violent illegal strikes that have flared up under control.
- 12 Oct 2012 10:24 - Lisa Steyn
- The intensity of the current wave of protest echoes the far-reaching Durban strikes in 1973, writes Lisa Steyn.
- 12 Oct 2012 00:00 - Phillip De Wet
- The Labour Court is due to rule on Friday morning whether 42000 Satawu members at two Transnet divisions may legally go on strike next week.
- 12 Oct 2012 00:00 - Kwanele Sosibo
- A slow, sure, violent implosion appears to be building in South Africa's largest and formerly most powerful union - the National Union of Mineworkers.
- 10 Oct 2012 17:40 - Kenichi Serino
- Three trade unions have agreed to adjust their pay demand in an attempt to end a protracted strike by thousands of truck drivers.
- 06 Oct 2012 18:11 - Johannes Myburgh
- Hundreds of the 12 000 miners sacked by Amplats have rejected their dismissal and some say they will use violence to get their jobs back.
- 05 Oct 2012 12:11 - Eleni Giokos, Lisa Steyn,
- As strikers' stances harden, the increasing threat of closure could make wage demands irrelevant.
- 05 Oct 2012 11:53 - Lisa Steyn
- As unprotected strikes continue to spread across SA, the effect on domestic growth for the third quarter will affect output in 2013.
- 05 Oct 2012 11:40 - Letters
- The wave of violent strikes that has engulfed South Africa is a clear indication of the deep class discontent felt by the working masses.
- 05 Oct 2012 00:00 - Kwanele Sosibo
- Tired of kowtowing to unions, workers are using other avenues to bring mines to their knees, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
- 05 Oct 2012 00:00 - Faeeza Ballim
- Blame for the labour crisis in South Africa has been placed at mine bosses' door for caving in to illegal action.
- 28 Sep 2012 14:14 - Sapa
- Striking mine workers at the Samancor Chrome mine in Mooinooi were staging an underground sit-in to demand a R12 500 monthly salary.
- 28 Sep 2012 06:00 - Lisa Steyn
- The wage agreement at Lonmin's Marikana mine was widely welcomed, but now appears to have triggered a deepening crisis in the mining industry.
- 26 Sep 2012 14:34 - Sapa
- The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union has vowed to intensify its strike in a bid to get the employers to the negotiating table.
- 21 Sep 2012 05:12 - Heidi Swart
- According to some Marikana miners, they are no better off than before the strike, after Lonmin this week offered striking workers a 22% pay hike.
- 21 Sep 2012 04:00 - Phillip De Wet
- Lonmin's striking workers accepted a compromise pay deal based on fear of the mine's closure and of a threatening police presence.
- 21 Sep 2012 04:54 - Charles Molele, Matuma Letsoalo,
- Cosatu is planning a nationwide strike to demand a radical economic shift on monetary policy and a review of the mandate of the SA Reserve Bank.
- 14 Sep 2012 14:23
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