Gold miners will join the nationwide industrial action this week and threaten supply of the precious metal at a time when gold is at a record high.
Eskom has increased its wage offer to unions, in a bid to prevent a prolonged strike that could cut power and bring disaster to the economy.
The economy will lose more working hours if planned strikes by hundreds of thousands of workers in the coal and diamond sector go ahead.
Strike season is in full swing. Here’s a breakdown of which industry sectors are experiencing strike action this weekend.
Workers in the coal sector will embark on a strike following failed wage negotiations, the National Union of Mineworkers said on Wednesday.
Workers in the coal sector will go on strike following failed wage negotiations, says the National Union of Mineworkers.
Unions in the gold mining sector have declared a dispute which could lead to 140 000 employees downing tools.
The National Union of Mineworkers will continue talking to gold producers this week to prevent a strike, but is still holding out for a 14% wage hike.
The petroleum, chemical and mining industries — key sectors in the economy — are bracing themselves for rolling mass action starting next week.
The National Union of Mineworkers hopes to secure a 14% pay hike this week at its wage discussions with the Chamber of Mines, which has offered 4%.
The NUM says it is being ignored by Eskom, which has raised executive salaries by 109% in the past year, and warned of "the mother of all strikes".
The National Union of Mineworkers has rejected an offer of a 4% wage increase by the Chamber of Mines, after originally insisting on a 14% pay hike.
Mining company Exxaro has been granted a temporary interdict prohibiting workers from striking over restructuring plans at the company.
Over 2 000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers are to march to the Cullinan offices of Petra Diamonds to hand over a memorandum of demands.
More than Exxaro 7 000 workers may strike in the coming week over plans to rationalise the business, the National Union of Mineworkers has said.
The National Union of Mineworkers is planning protests and a day of mourning to highlight its concerns over mining fatalities.
The National Union of Mineworkers may shut the sector down for a day to protest a recent surge in mining deaths, it was reported on Friday.
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Thursday it gave Eskom the option between signing a minimum service level agreement or a possible strike.
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/ 20 January 2011
A winch operator died at Harmony Gold Mining Company’s Bambanani mine in the Free State after a ground fall, NUM said on Thursday.
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/ 12 January 2011
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and platinum producer Lonmin have reached a wage agreement after protracted talks.
More than 1 000 miners will down tools at the Arnot Exarro coal mine in Mpumalanga to mourn the death of a worker.
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/ 27 November 2010
Exxaro’s planned retrenchment of 300 workers would be the price of paying the company’s black economic empowerment shareholders a bigger dividend.
Correspondence between Pamodzi Gold and Aurora Empowerment Systems reveals bitter divisions among those representing different interests.
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/ 17 November 2010
The National union of Mineworkers called the South African Chamber of Mines liars for saying there has been an improvement on safety in mines.
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/ 29 October 2010
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Friday it expected to hold fresh pay talks with Lonmin, the world’s third-largest platinum producer.
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/ 25 October 2010
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) expressed concern on Monday that assets at Aurora’s Orkney and Grootvlei mines were being sold as scrap.
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/ 18 October 2010
The NUM said on Monday striking workers at Northam Platinum are expected to return to work on Tuesday following a revised pay rise offer.
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/ 13 October 2010
The SA mining sector should focus more on safety and less on meeting targets in light of the Chile accident, the National Union of Mineworkers said.
Thousands of workers at South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore mine on Monday embarked on a strike for better wages after pay rise talks collapsed.
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/ 27 September 2010
Kumba Iron Ore said on Monday it was willing to hold fresh talks with the National Union of Mineworkers, which plans to a strike next week.
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/ 15 September 2010
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Wednesday that Northam Platinum had marginally raised its pay offer to end a strike.