‘If they can’t produce, somebody else must be given the opportunity to produce,’ warns ANC policy czar.
Amplats’ restructuring proposals, which will put four huge shafts on care and maintenance will have catastrophic consequences for workers.
Analysts say Amplats, which is expected to post big losses, had no option but to scale back, writes Chantelle Benjamin.
Amcu have claimed the planned retrenchments in the mining sector were an attempt to thwart their continued growth in former NUM strongholds.
North West Premier Thandi Modise will lead a provincial delegation to meet Anglo American Platinum management on the proposed closure of four shafts.
The government should nationalise Anglo American Platinum if it continues with the proposed retrenchment of 14 000 workers, says trade union Amcu.
Anglo American Platinum’s plan to shed 14 000 jobs is a clear indication of the state’s inability to support economic growth, experts have warned.
The platinum spot price has increased to a three-month high pushing the JSE platinum stock index to a nine-month high amid potential supply limits.
Anglo American Platinum says it has plans to break up its struggling Rustenburg operations into three mines and close some high-cost shafts.
Anglo American Platinum is likely to sell or shut its Union mine as part of a review of its platinum business by parent Anglo American.
Amplats says the results of its business review, which is widely expected to lead to shaft closures and job cuts, would be published early next year.
Employees of Anglo American Platinum in Rustenburg and Pilanesberg north have returned to work.
Anglo American Platinum has made a new offer to striking workers in an attempt to get operations running again, the company confirmed on Wednesday.
The body of a Mozambican miner was found in a veld at Amplats’ Amandelbult mine after a number of other miners were assaulted.
Thousands of workers gathered at a rally in Rustenburg have vowed to continue striking after a once-off payment of R4 500 by Amplats was rejected.
Hundreds of striking Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) workers have gathered at a mass rally at the Olympia Park Stadium in Rustenburg.
Zanu-PF hopes the mining company’s concession to empowerment will help the party score political points in the country.
The battles for higher wages by angry striking miners must be chosen carefully to avoid setbacks for the workers, writes Ebrahim Harvey.
Amplats has agreed to transfer majority of its Unki mine in Zimbabwe to locals, following pressure from President Robert Mugabe’s government.
Anglo Platinum says thousands of workers at its operations in Rustenburg have still not accepted an offer to reinstate them.
Police used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse around 1 000 people at Amplats’ Rustenburg operation after a power sub-station was set alight.
The Rustenburg strike coordinating committee says the protest at Anglo American Platinum will continue despite earlier claims to the contrary.
Clashes between SAPS, miners and trade unionists show the political standoff developing in the North West’s platinum mining belt will deepen.
The world’s biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, has agreed to rehire 12 000 strikers dismissed during wildcat strikes this month.
Despite the negativity about it among miners, the National Union of Mineworkers still believes that it can win them back, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Zwelinzima Vavi has said that the Marikana incident has exposed weaknesses in Cosatu and that the federation wants Rustenburg back.
The Anglo Platinum strike, which has dragged on for more than a month, has become a metaphor for the post-Marikana backlash.
Striking Anglo American Platinum workers will not suspend their strike, the Rustenburg Joint Strike Co-ordinating Committee said on Sunday.
Police say a second man has died during violent protests by striking miners at the Nkaneng informal settlement in Photsaneng near Rustenburg.
The impact of strikes in mining and transport will have long-term effects on the economy that cannot be quantified yet, writes Faranaaz Parker.
Police say a man has been burnt to death and another shot and wounded at Nkaneng informal settlement near Rustenburg as the Amplats strike drags on.
Only a back-to-basics approach can bridge the gulf between union aristocracy and workers and solve the labour crisis, writes Gavin Hartford.