Pay cheques are in but many business owners will struggle to recover from the five-month platinum mine wage dispute.
Confident after its success on the platinum belt, the union wants to consolidate its gains in the platinum industry.
Retrenchments in the platinum mining sector are now all but inevitable, say labour experts.
Miners returning to work received food parcels, health supplements and transport relief, but will have to undergo medicals and retraining.
While Amcu workers prepare to return to work on Wednesday after a successful strike, mine bosses have warned of a difficult rebuilding phase ahead.
Gold producer Sibanye is considering buying embattled platinum mines which have been crippled by a five-month labour dispute.
SA’s longest strike is inching towards a close. But in Rustenburg, Amcu is the name trending on shop floor lips as a game changer on the labour front.
The union’s latest condition is that the companies quash criminal charges.
The trade union says Amcu’s latest counter proposal on behalf of mineworkers borders on negotiating in bad faith and "defeating the ends of justice".
Amcu members have urged leader Joseph Mathunjwa to sign a wage deal with the platinum firms after they announced reaching "in principle undertakings".
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An orderly restructuring of the platinum industry is essential after the longest strike in our history, writes Gilad Isaacs.
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Striking miners are getting state help – but only if they are early, and South African.
The realignment of the labour landscape is a positive step towards blue-collar empowerment.
Does Gwede Mantashe expect us to believe that four people are solely responsible for the longest, most bitter strike in South Africa’s history?
Platinum stockpiles and a market surplus mean the mineworker strike is almost convenient for the mining companies.
Palladium, a metal that can be used instead of platinum by some manufacturers, has risen to $847 an ounce – its highest price in three years.
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Government says Monday’s talks with Amcu and mining bosses will determine whether it continues with it’s intervention in the platinum wage dispute.
A new report says platinum mines could have afforded to pay workers more.
Wage negotiations have reached the point where the mining firms have to report back to their shareholders and Amcu has to speak to its members.
Eskom may not have enough power during peak hours for platinum mines in the Rustenburg area to resume operations when the strike is finally resolved.
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The National Union of Mineworkers says it is concerned by the economic impact of the lengthy platinum sector wage dispute.
Three major platinum producers have dismissed reports of an agreement in the long-standing wage dispute with mining union Amcu.
While recognising employees’ right to strike, Anglo American Platinum has expressed its sympathy following the killing of one of its mineworkers.
About 12 000 people affected by the Amcu strike on the platinum belt have received food from nonprofit organisations.
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The top three platinum producers have agreed to further court-mediated talks with Amcu in yet another attempt to reach agreement on wages.
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Lonmin says it has fired 235 of its workers "who have been absent since January 23" – ​the day Amcu members downed tools demanding a higher salary.
Thandi Modise says she is concerned over reports that intimidation has stopped miners from accessing health services in the platinum belt.
The miner and striking union have denied knowledge of a hit list allegedly circulating around Marikana of miners who might return to work.
As tensions run high in Marikana, Numsa says it might strike with Amcu – whose members are demanding a R12 500 salary from Lonmin, Amplats and Impala.
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Platinum belt miners are angry and glaring wage inequality is at the root of their dissatisfaction.
Rapula Moatshe is swept into a march of defiant mineworkers on their way back from the now sacred Marikana koppie.
Miners burnt tyres, barricaded roads and set roadside stalls alight near Lonmin’s platinum mine to stop fellow strikers from returning to work.
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