Numsa and NUM are yet to sign the latest wage offer of a 7.5% increase for 2018 and a 7% increase for the next two years
The mining company announced its intention to go ahead with the mass retrenchments in its strategic review last Thursday
‘All the problems of unemployment and inequality are all getting worse since President Ramaphosa took over’
The copper mine confirmed on Monday morning that six workers were killed after a blaze erupted in its underground operation in Phalaborwa
Eskom and unions have yet to reach a wage deal nearly a month after negotiations began, with unions describing the talks as "sensitive"
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The damage to infrastructure at Masakhane mine following a seismic event on May 3 2018, was among the operational disturbances the company experienced
NUM members also intended to voice their anger at Energy Minister Jeff Radebe, who was meant to address the conference but instead travelled overseas
Eskom had initially offered a 0% increase for the current year, while Numsa and the National Union of Mineworkers demanded a 15% hike
The utility wants tariffs raised and wages frozen but the unions are not buying into its arguments
Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe has committed to reopening wage talks with trade unions
Disgruntled workers are expected to hand over a memorandum to the power utility’s management demanding 15% wage increases
A fourth miner has been found dead at an abandoned working area of a mine owned by Sibanye-Stillwater while a fifth miner remains unaccounted for
The unions are demanding a 15% increases across the board, a housing allowance increase of R2 000 and the banning of labour brokers
Rival groups in the union will go head to head at its elective conference
At a picket outside the Chamber of Mines on Thursday, unions called for the enforcement of safety regulations
The tragedy at Sibanye Stillwater has sparked outcry about flouted safety regulations on mines
Early this year, 955 miners were temporarily trapped at another Sibanye-Stillwater mine in Welkom, after an electric cable outage during a storm.
NUM has hit out at Radebe on the IPP deal, threatening to end its support for the political party
The minister wants to breathe new life into an industry hamstrung by his predecessor
Mining communities and industry want the minister’s charter scrapped and talks restarted
Mineworkers at the Gupta-owned Optimum Coal Mine in Mpumalanga downed tools over the uncertainty of their jobs and the future of the mine.
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The Gupta family is battling to protect its interests in the mining sector.
While union officials in the Klerksdorp area fight for control, its majority is being whittled away
The union is split after insider claims that its bosses reassured British investors after the massacre
Zuma and his cohorts appear to have little understanding of the true nature of the troubled grouping.
"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 union rejected a wage hike offer but its main demand is for certain workers to be declared non-essential and to have the right to strike.
Northam Platinum has done “fantastically” compared with other platinum mines.