Union leaders have warned that mine owners’ handling of pay talks could provoke violence in Tuesday’s strikes in the gold sector.
Minister in the presidency Trevor Manuel was heckled at the University of the Witwatersrand by protesting mineworkers during a Ruth First lecture.
Despite the hype, the number of work hours lost has been declining since 2010.
Even in its controversial accord with Amcu is a contested clause giving unions more latitude.
Around 2 000 mineworkers converged at an Anglo American Platinum mine over plans to cut 6 900 jobs amid unrest in the sector.
Trade union Solidarity has boycotted the launch of the mine crime combating forum in Rustenburg in protest, says general secretary Gideon du Plessis.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has been formally recognised as the majority union at Lonmin.
The CCMA has postponed the hearing about the recognition agreement between unions and platinum miner Lonmin to August.
The National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM) still represents workers at Lonmin, workers were told at a rally in Marikana on Sunday.
In solidarity with the families’ lawyers pulling out of the Farlam commission, Amcu says it will temporarily withdraw representatives from the case.
Lonmin says it will give the NUM the boot, allowing it to recognise rival Amcu as its main union.
Minister of Mining Susan Shabangu says she is confident that an agreement can be reached, but analysts have said unions are under pressure to deliver.
Anglo American Platinum says 11% of its workers have gone on strike.
Mining company Lonmin has filed court papers proposing that a secret ballot be held to establish the union membership of its workers.
But the mining industry’s troubles go way beyond trying to rebuild the peace.
Amcu is insisting that gold mines more than double the wages of entry-level workers, raising the stakes for pay talks set for early next month.
A meeting between government, mining houses and trade unions aims to resolve issues facing the mining sector, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
The families of mineworkers killed in a clash with police in Marikana will conduct a cleansing ceremony of the site, says the Bojanala municipality.
Lonmin has not been notified that Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union members intend going on strike, says a spokesperson.
The largest labor union at Lonmin will serve a 48-hour strike notice if an agreement is not reached on recognising it as the majority union.
Deadly rivalry between the two unions at the Lonmin mine was further stoked after eight workers were suspended over alleged union membership fraud.
Following a string of post-Marikana deaths, witnesses due to testify say they feel unsafe and want to enter the state’s witness protection programme.
A National Union of Mineworkers leader has been shot dead and another wounded at a Lonmin platinum mine in South Africa, says the union.
The NUM winning membership at the expense of the government-aligned labour group Amcu will slow economic growth and lead to job losses, says the ANC.
Minister Susan Shabangu has spotlighted rivalry between NUM and Amcu, and instructed them to join hands against a common enemy: "monopoly capital".
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Sunday it would seek pay hikes of up to 60% from the country’s gold and coal producers in wage talks.
Workers at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Rustenburg in the North West are back at work following a wildcat strike, says the company.
Amcu may have convinced Marikana protesters to return to work, but dissent threatens as job cuts in the platinum mining sector remain possible.
Noises believed to be gunshots were heard inside the Wonderkop Stadium, in Marikana, while striking miners gathered for a meeting.
An unplanned strike at the Lonmin mine in Marikana has left everyone unsettled as reasons for the protest remain unclear.
A slain Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union leader received death threats before he was killed, the union says.
A North West regional organiser of trade union Amcu was shot dead in Rustenburg on Saturday, police said.