Lonmin’s chief commercial officer Albert Jamieson was asked why the company had failed to pursue every option at its disposal to avoid violence.
A Lonmin security officer has told the Farlam commission that security forces had been frustrated by the lack of police ahead of the Marikana strike.
A member of Lonmin’s tactical response unit has told the Farlam commission that stopping the approximately 3 000 protesters was impossible.
Following wage negotiations in the platinum sector, which ended in June, the trade federation says NUM members are being denied access to Impala.
Confident after its success on the platinum belt, the union wants to consolidate its gains in the platinum industry.
While Amcu workers prepare to return to work on Wednesday after a successful strike, mine bosses have warned of a difficult rebuilding phase ahead.
The Labour Court has handed down a final order preventing Amcu, a minority union on the gold mines, from embarking on a strike.
In the face of SA’s longest-running strike, organisations mull rumours of government contemplating regulating the duration of industrial action.
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.
Supra Mahumapelo has called on communities in Sefikile, in the platinum belt, to exercise restraint after two houses were allegedly petrol bombed.
A team of officials from various departments will meet mining bosses and Amcu over strikes in the platinum belt.
The National Union of Mineworkers says it is concerned by the economic impact of the lengthy platinum sector wage dispute.
While recognising employees’ right to strike, Anglo American Platinum has expressed its sympathy following the killing of one of its mineworkers.
NUM says one of its members has been stabbed to death on his way to work at an Amplats mine, the fifth such killing in the past two weeks.
The cost of Amcu’s 15-week wage strike and the data gathered from the mining companies’ SMS polls will be made public at the Labour Court.
The miner and striking union have denied knowledge of a hit list allegedly circulating around Marikana of miners who might return to work.
The NUM says its members will not return to work at the platinum mines until "conditions are safe and the intimidation" by Amcu stops.
Joseph Mathunjwa is worried about what is happening in the platinum belt, saying it is reminiscent of the run-up to the Marikana massacre.
Following the killing of three mineworkers near Rustenburg, the police minister says policing will be stepped up when some miners return to work.
The National Union of Mineworkers says two miners have been killed while on their way to work, while another – and his wife – was killed in his home.
Meetings have resumed between Amcu and major platinum mines, but analysts are divided about whether an end to the three-month strike is in sight.
Impala Platinum Holdings and the NUM has acknowledged claims about the formation of a new mining labour union in the platinum belt in Rustenburg.
The National Union of Mineworkers has said a major tragedy is looming if government does not curb the thriving illegal mining industy.
The National Union of Mineworkers has hit out at metalworkers’ union Numsa for "attacking and making threats" against Cosatu.
South Africa looks ill-prepared for a time when the ruling party no longer has credibility as a stabilising force, writes Rapule Tabane.
Around 200 NUM members have marched to the Mining Indaba in Cape Town to protest against the ill-treatment of Rio Tinto miners in other countries.
Amcu members demanding a R12 500 minimum wage, have downed tools at Amplats, Implats and Lonmin mine in the North West.
Thousands of jobless Blyvoor miners struggling to make ends meet are desperate to get back to work
The Workers and Socialist Party says Joseph Mathunjwa’s planned protest action will give the ANC exactly what it wants – another violent strike.
The NUM has rejected a 0.5% increase in Northam Platinum’s wage offer, says the union.
The NUM is battling for survival – and its leaders are deferring to their members’ expectations.
Northam Platinum workers belonging to the National Union of Mineworkers have marched on the company’s offices to hand over a memorandum of demands.