As strikers’ stances harden, the increasing threat of closure could make wage demands irrelevant.
As unprotected strikes continue to spread across SA, the effect on domestic growth for the third quarter will affect output in 2013.
The wave of violent strikes that has engulfed South Africa is a clear indication of the deep class discontent felt by the working masses.
Tired of kowtowing to unions, workers are using other avenues to bring mines to their knees, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Blame for the labour crisis in South Africa has been placed at mine bosses’ door for caving in to illegal action.
Striking mine workers at the Samancor Chrome mine in Mooinooi were staging an underground sit-in to demand a R12 500 monthly salary.
The wage agreement at Lonmin’s Marikana mine was widely welcomed, but now appears to have triggered a deepening crisis in the mining industry.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union has vowed to intensify its strike in a bid to get the employers to the negotiating table.
According to some Marikana miners, they are no better off than before the strike, after Lonmin this week offered striking workers a 22% pay hike.
Cosatu is planning a nationwide strike to demand a radical economic shift on monetary policy and a review of the mandate of the SA Reserve Bank.
Lonmin’s striking workers accepted a compromise pay deal based on fear of the mine’s closure and of a threatening police presence.
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Anglo Platinum has suspended Rustenburg operations as intimidation of workers continues unabated.
Julius Malema visited striking workers at the Westonaria Goldfields mine. He lambasted the ANC and told the workers to fight. Watch the video.
Amcu seems to have gained ground at the Lonmin mine after the NUM president was ejected from the union meeting, following violence that left 10 dead.
About 250 Gautrain bus drivers are still unemployed despite having been promised a "political solution" to their labour dispute.
Cosatu leader’s warning comes as a battle over union affiliation plays out at Implats’ s shaft six.
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.
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The public sector strike turned ugly because President Jacob Zuma was surrounded by people who failed to advise him correctly, the SACP says.
Membathisi Mdladlana offered the services of "the most senior commissioners of the CCMA" on Monday to help out in the public sector wage dispute.
Crowds of healthcare workers sang and danced as they protested outside Natalspruit Hospital in Thokoza on Wednesday, watched by the police.
It is illegal for them to strike but they know the weight of numbers is on their side.
Thousands of public servants flanked by police officers marched to the Union buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday.
The National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM) leaders have voted to go on strike at Eskom from next week.
In a bid to avert industrial action during the remainder of the Fifa World Cup, the NUM said it had given Eskom until Friday to revise its wage offer.
An Eskom strike during the World Cup was still a possibility as the power provider’s negotiations with trade unions ended in disagreement on Monday.
Union federation says workers went on strike when an assurance to pay them did not materialise on June 18.
Eskom on Tuesday appointed Brian Dames as its new chief executive, the power utility said in a statement.
World Cup organisers battled on Tuesday to curb an outbreak of strikes, which saw police taking charge of security at stadiums and left fans stranded.
The Transnet strike ended on Thursday with South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union members accepting a new offer.
Transnet was on Tuesday granted a Labour Court interdict prohibiting its protesting workers from intimidating non-strikers and damaging property.
Thirteen people were arrested for public violence and intimidation during the Transnet workers’ strike in Durban on Monday, the company said.