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Cosatu condemns violence among Lonmin miners after 15 deaths
It’s understood the workers affiliated to NUM and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) have been at loggerheads for the past seven years.
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Amcu seals platinum wage deals
The signing ceremony will take place in Muldersdrift, a town in South Africa’s platinum mining heartlands 30 kms northwest of Johannesburg at 0800 GMT on Wednesday, Amcusaid.
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Mathunjwa: Sibanye-Stillwater had no intent of improving Marikana miners' lives
Amcu was briefing the media on Tuesday about the job cuts and the ongoing wage negotiations in the platinum sector.
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Mathunjwa decries govt snubbing Amcu's elective congress
The organisation held the four-day gathering after the Labour Registrar threatened to deregister the union if it failed to hold a congress in line with its constitution.
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Amcu willing to put off strike for ‘peaceful’ wage negotiations, for now
The union held a briefing earlier on Tuesday and announced that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) facilitated wage negotiations with Amplats and Sibanye-Stillwater.
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Sibanye-Stillwater remains stumbling block in wage talks, says Amcu's Mathunjwa
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president Joseph Mathunjwa said on Tuesday the union and some employers in the platinum mining sector were headed for another round of mediation at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
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Amcu's Mathunjwa on his re-election: Why should you change what is working?
Mathunjwa has described the gathering as a display of Amcu’s democratic nature, despite criticism that the conference was merely held for appearances in light of the union’s troubles with the Labour Registrar.
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Joseph Mathunjwa re-elected as Amcu president
Five positions including that of the president, deputy president and treasurer were uncontested.
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Mathunjwa set to return as Amcu president after uncontested nomination
Union officials said Joseph Mathunjwa and all other national leaders have been nominated uncontested as Amcu's elective congress gets under way.
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Amcu elective congress expected to pave way for new leadership
Although the union’s officials have been mum about whether leadership positions were being contested, the congress’s draft programme made provision for elections.
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Amcu declares a dispute in wage talks with platinum firms
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union initially demanded a monthly basic wage hike of about 48%.
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Mathunjwa: Cosatu trying to regain relevance with Marikana rally
Cosatu announced Thursday that it would visit the North West informal settlement with President Cyril Ramaphosa in October.
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Cosatu planning Marikana rally, Ramaphosa expected to join
This would be the first time that President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cosatu visit the area since the Marikana massacre in 2012.
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Amcu: Exporting our minerals increases unemployment
Thousands of people gathered at the koppie in Marikana on Friday to remember those who were killed during a wage strike seven years ago.The event was organised by mining union Amcu. At least 34 miners were gunned down by police on 16 August 2012.
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Mathunjwa: ANC is a white monopoly capital party
Amcu leader Joseph Mathunjwa was addressing thousands of people gathered at the Koppie where 34 mineworkers were shot dead by police during a wage strike on this day seven years ago.
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Thousands gather in Marikana to remember massacre victims
At least 34 miners were gunned down by police on 16 August 2012.
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Rights group considers court to force state to pay Marikana damages
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute (Seri) said it may be forced to approach the courts after negotiations with the state over damages for families of the Marikana massacre victims deadlocked.
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Very little change in Marikana since 2012 tragedy, says activist
Primrose Sonti fears that 16 August will become just another yearly commemoration because there's been very little change in her community over the past seven years.
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Mathunjwa: Marikana tragedy opened workers' eyes to their exploitation
As South Africa reflects on the Marikana massacre that claimed the lives of 34 mineworkers seven years ago on this day, mining union Amcu has described it as the epitome of a struggle for economic emancipation.
