Minister Susan Shabangu has spotlighted rivalry between NUM and Amcu, and instructed them to join hands against a common enemy: "monopoly capital".
Cosatu affiliate NUM is in the middle of tough wage negotiations, a conflict with a rival union and debates over the future of Cosatu.
Lonmin has back-pedalled on its agreement to give the NUM until July to vacate its Marikana offices, pushing the deadline up to May 31.
Workers at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Rustenburg in the North West are back at work following a wildcat strike, says the company.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union is clearly the National Union of Mineworkers’s worst nightmare.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union’s battle to consolidate power over the NUM has taken on martial proportions.
Given what happened last year at Lonmin’s Marikana mine, it’s as well to approach the recent developments there carefully.
Noises believed to be gunshots were heard inside the Wonderkop Stadium, in Marikana, while striking miners gathered for a meeting.
An unplanned strike at the Lonmin mine in Marikana has left everyone unsettled as reasons for the protest remain unclear.
Following the death of North West regional organiser Mawethu Joseph Steven, Amcu’s president Joseph Mathunjwa held a briefing about union safety.
The National Union of Mineworkers will oppose the retrenchment of 6 000 workers at Anglo American Platinum, the union has said.
South Africa is girding itself for a fresh round of labour unrest as collective wage negotiations get under way.
There has been a mixed response locally to the news of the death of Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ and former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
With Amcu’s rise to power, companies are trying to give other unions a better chance.
The fledgling union is not just at odds with the National Union of Mineworkers – it is up against the entire state machinery.
Workers at Lonmin’s Saffy and Newman shafts in Marikana have stopped working in the largest single strike since the shooting at the mine last year.
Anglo American Platinum has signed a recognition agreement with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union.
Thirteen people have been injured at the Siphumelele shaft at Amplats in Rustenburg.
Mamphela Ramphele’s decision to resign as Gold Fields chairperson is long overdue, says the National Union of Mineworkers.
It has been an interesting week at the Farlam commission of inquiry as "underprepared" advocate Dali Mpofu faced NUM president Senzeni Zokwana.
The case of the NUM marksmen that caused the injuries of two Lonmin protesters near their offices on August 11 "has been left to rot".
The National Union of Mineworkers provided weapons so its members could protect themselves at Marikana, the Farlam commission of inquiry has heard.
Union membership is declining, but public servants are swelling the federation’s ranks.
Amcu have claimed the planned retrenchments in the mining sector were an attempt to thwart their continued growth in former NUM strongholds.
Stranded workers have been seeking legal recourse after operations were suspended due to ongoing violence. Kwanele Sosibo reports.
The mighty Cosatu once revolutionised the labour scene, but did its transformation into an efficient bureaucracy unwittingly lead to Marikana?
The business sector and unions have expressed approval of the appointment of Cyril Ramaphosa to the post of ANC deputy president.
Farlam commission of inquiry chairperson Ian Farlam has cautioned against intimidation after allegations of an altercation between two rival unions.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa has come under scrutiny at the Farlam commission over his agenda on the day of the Marikana massacre.
AMCU’s Joseph Mathunjwa was accused of misleading the police into believing that workers would disarm on the morning of August 16.
Amcu’s leader Joseph Mathunjwa has done very little talking at the Marikana commission. Yet when the dust settled, he emerged somewhat vindicated.
When Cyril Ramaphosa was deployed to the private sector in the mid-90s, it was sold to him as a decade-long break from politics.