Mining Strike
latest news & developments
Miners return to work and food parcels
Miners returning to work received food parcels, health supplements and transport relief, but will have to undergo medicals and retraining.
Solidarity urges Amcu to accept wage offer
The trade union says Amcu’s latest counter proposal on behalf of mineworkers borders on negotiating in bad faith and "defeating the ends of justice".
Striking Amcu workers to consider state wage proposal
Amcu is considering a government proposal to resolve a five-month platinum strike and will put it to its members this week.
Platinum strike talks reach consultation stage
Wage negotiations have reached the point where the mining firms have to report back to their shareholders and Amcu has to speak to its members.
NUM member stabbed to death on way to work
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.
Protesters block roads as platinum mining strike breaks
Miners burnt tyres, barricaded roads and set roadside stalls alight near Lonmin’s platinum mine to stop fellow strikers from returning to work.
Technology trumps tradition in the bid to end the mining strike
Mining firms faced the logistical challenge of contacting 70 000 miners around the country when they decided to sidestep Amcu in wage negotiations.
EFF to donate R50k to mining-strike fund
A fund to help mineworkers will receive a boost as residents and businesses in the North West platinum belt continue to face economic hardships.
Platinum mines warn they can’t serve suppliers
Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin have sent force majeure notices to some suppliers of goods and services to its strike-affected operations.
Amcu strike causing irreparable harm, say mines
The ongoing mineworkers’ strike in the platinum belt has reached a stage where the financial impact is becoming irreversible, say mining heads.
Mining strike hits SA macro and micro economy
The ongoing strike in the platinum belt is having a detrimental effect on the pockets of not only miners, but the community at large.
Amcu miner shot dead in Limpopo
The SABC has reported that police allegedly shot and killed a miner during protests at the Amplats plant near Northam in Limpopo.
Amcu begins strike talks as rand falls to new low
The start of talks between representatives of the union, Amplats, Implats and Lonmin and the weaker rand have futher undermined investor confidence.
Amcu may settle for less than R12.5k wage demand
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has lowered its demand of R12 500 a month for workers at Impala Platinum, says the union.
Northam Platinum mineworker strike continues
The wage strike at Northam Platinum in Limpopo continues after workers rejected a revised offer, says the National Union of Mineworkers.