The mineworkers’ union is back at the table with platinum producers in an attempt to end the now two-week mineworker strike.
The world’s largest platinum miner says job cuts are in store to reverse losses as pressure mounts at the mines which can least afford it.
Government mediators have placed an offer on the table that they hope will end the platinum strike.
Government mediators have placed an offer on the table that they hope will end the platinum strike.
Talks between Amcu and mine executives are scheduled to continue after the union rejected the latest wage offer.
The fight for a right to strike in the country’s gold mines will continue, says labour union Amcu after an interdict ban.
Striking mine workers will reject the new wage offer by platinum mines, says union Amcu.
Government-led talks between major platinum mines and dominant union Amcu have resumed in Pretoria as the strike enters its third day.
The start of talks between representatives of the union, Amplats, Implats and Lonmin and the weaker rand have futher undermined investor confidence.
Striking workers at Rustenburg platinum mines have gathered for a CCMA results briefing, says the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union.
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant and Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu will not be present when talks resume on Monday at the CCMA.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa has told about 1 500 workers that the media has been peddling lies about the union’s strike in the platinum sector.
An Amcu strike on the platinum mines has kicked off and is set to disrupt operations accounting for about 70% of global output of the precious metal.
After a court postponed its ruling on an interdict to stop Amcu members from gold-mine strikes, the union says its platinum protests will be peaceful.
Thousands of jobless Blyvoor miners struggling to make ends meet are desperate to get back to work
Key players in the 2012 strikes that pushed Amcu into the foreground have expressed serious misgvings about the current strike.
Amcu will face its biggest hurdle yet as strikes in the platinum and gold industry reveal wide divisions within the union.
North West Premier Thandi Modise has urged Amcu to protect the rights of non-striking workers as the union prepares to go on strike later this week.
At least 70 000 Amcu members plan to down tools at the country’s biggest platinum mines on Thursday.
Analysts fear that as Amcu prepares to strike at two platinum mines this week, industrial action will spread to other sectors.
The rand has dropped to fresh five-year lows as majority union Amcu decides whether to strike at the country’s three biggest platinum mines.
Mining union Amcu will meet with its members this week to decide whether to down tools at Anglo, Implats and Lonmin mines.
Amcu has received permission to strike at Lonmin over demands for a minimum basic wage of R12 500 per month for its members.
The NUM is battling for survival – and its leaders are deferring to their members’ expectations.
Amcu, the biggest union at Amplats, will ask members to decide on a possible strike in January after a two-week break.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has lowered its demand of R12 500 a month for workers at Impala Platinum, says the union.
Murders at Marikana resulting from union rivalry between the NUM and Amcu has violated the peace accord signed in February, says Thandi Modise.
Members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union intend to down tools at the world’s largest platinum mine.
Mining giant Anglo American Platinum said it was losing an average of 3 100 ounces of production a day since the beginning of a strike.
Amplats should ride out the current strike rather than give in to Amcu’s demands to retract its planned job cuts, says Coronation Asset Management.
A man has been assaulted near Amplats mine, where hundreds of miners downed tools in an attempt to force the mine not to retrench 3 300 workers.
Amcu members have voted to go on industrial action after rejecting an 8% wage increase offer, while Numsa members have chosen to return to work.