The labour union has taken aim at trade federation Cosatu for allowing the president to address workers at their May Day celebration
As the shock of the murder of a mineworker hung over Marikana, a sombre crowd of about 2 000 Amcu supporters gathered at Wonderkop stadium.
Numsa has revealed that its members working at gold mines in the North West have fallen under the scope of hired guns.
Union leader Joseph Mathunjwa’s opponents say he is a ‘vampire’ and a ‘dangerous capitalist’
"ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa backed out from addressing the National Union of Mineworkers members for the third time this month."
The union is calling on the party to heal the rift it has created within the ‘delicate’ tripartite alliance
The chief director of labour relations implicates the state security minister and the president in setting up the Workers’ Association Union
With the possibility of a strike looming, union members are afraid to challenge the decision of its leaders who call for a public show of hands.
Northam Platinum has done “fantastically” compared with other platinum mines.
An Tuesday court interdict has failed to thwart Amcu’s plans to strike at several Sibanye gold mines, where it is the majority union.
The bottom end of the commodities cycle continues to inflict pain on mining companies and Anglo Gold Ashanti announced even greater losses on Monday.
Mineworkers in Marikana have blasted the Farlam Commission of Inquiry report for its findings against Amcu.
The platinum miner is in "constructive, transparent and progressive" talks with unions and says business’s long-term fundamentals are intact.
The State Security Agency has been spying on the leader of the already paranoid Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, Joseph Mathunjwa.
Bids to stem Amcu’s growth include claims of harassment but NUM says the accusation is perplexing and the Free State mine denies restrictions.
The Farlam commission of inquiry heard that Amcu acted responsibly, and that Lonmin was "not equipped" to deal with the strike.
Lawyers for the union argued at the Farlam commission that it was a myth perpetuated by Lonmin that union rivalry was the main cause of the slaughter.
It’s easy to blame Amcu, but insurrection is caused by anger over poverty and inequality.
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.
As miners are expected to return to work on Wednesday, Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa says an R8 000 minimum basic salary is a breakthrough.
The resolution of the five-month strike in the platinum sector has been welcomed, but there are concerns its effects will not disappear soon.
The union has accepted a wage settlement, which sees the five-month long strike in the platinum sector coming to an end.
Platinum producers have dismissed claims by Amcu that company CEOs would be part of a mass meeting with the union.
EFF leader Julius Malema has told striking mineworkers to stand firm on their demand, calling for an inquiry into claims that R12 500 is unaffordable.
The mines minister says a state task team that intervened in Amcu’s wage negotiations has "done enough work" for the parties to continue.
The ANC has questioned if the country’s platinum belt strike is a political strike, while the SACP says the unrest affects the Eastern Cape worst.
Members of Amcu have turned up in droves as the Labour Court was to hear the Chamber of Mines’s bid to prevent an Amcu strike in the gold sector.
Judgment is expected on an interdict that was brought by Amcu to prevent Amplats and Implats from communicating wage settlement offers to mineworkers.
Supra Mahumapelo has called on communities in Sefikile, in the platinum belt, to exercise restraint after two houses were allegedly petrol bombed.