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Eskom to blame for coal shortage problem - board chairperson
Parliament heard yesterday that stockpiles at nine of its 15 stations are below the required levels and are standing at less than a month's supply.
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[WATCH] Ripped off, used & abandoned by the Guptas
Despite assurances by management that all workers at the Gupta-linked Optimum Mine have been paid, some employees have told EWN that this is not the case. Martin Lubisi talks about their plight.
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NUM confirms temporary deal struck at Optimum mine
The Gupta-owned mine paid workers 50% of their salaries on Thursday and promised to settle the balance sometime next week.
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Optimum coal mine managers accused of mismanaging funds
It’s understood service providers and third parties have also not been paid, leaving workers destitute.
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Fresh protest erupts at Optimum coal mine over unpaid salaries
Earlier this year, employees demonstrated outside the mine, demanding clarity from mine bosses on the company's financial status.
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Gupta mines’ R1.7bn rehabilitation funds case settled
It was agreed that the funds be invested at a competitive and market-related interest rate.
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Eskom in talks with Optimum's business rescue practitioners over coal supply
Optimum is now asking the power utility to reduce its monthly coal supply tonnage from 400,000 tons to 200,000 tons for the remainder of its contract.
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Gupta business rescuers denied access to business premises
Business rescue practitioner Johan Klopper states in an affidavit that he and his colleagues have been refused access to the Gupta business premises.
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Govt working to save jobs at Optimum coal mine - Mantashe
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe visited the mine in Mpumalanga on Thursday following a strike by workers over unpaid salaries in February.
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NUM: Shutdown continues at Gupta mines despite some salaries being paid
The NUM says operations at another Gupta-owned operation in the province, Koorenfontein mine resumed on Thursday after over 600 permanent employees were paid.
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Mantashe sets June deadline for new Mining Charter
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe told Eyewitness News he also wants to see the impasse at Optimum coal mine resolved.
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Optimum, Koornfontein miners set to continue striking over pay
The mines owned by the controversial Gupta family have failed to pay workers, with management citing banking challenges.
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Still no pay for workers at Gupta-owned mines, protests continue
The mines, owned by the controversial Gupta family, have failed to pay workers with management citing banking challenges.
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Another Gupta-owned mine fails to pay employees
Members of the NUM at the Koornfontein coal mine say management promised to pay them on Sunday morning after failing to pay them on Friday but so far no one has received their salary.
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Parly committee expresses concern about Optimum Coal Mine
The committee has called on the Department of Mineral Resources to intervene and assist in ensuring that workers are paid their salaries.
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Optimum Coal mineworkers demand to know who will rescue the mine
The NUM's Goodwill Mthombeni says workers have the right to know who the business rescue practitioner will be.
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Optimum Coal mineworkers ‘devastated’ over unpaid salaries
Optimum Coal says the nonpayment of salaries is due challenges with banks.
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Optimum mine workers yet to receive their salaries amid Gupta withdrawal
About 2,000 mine workers downed tools this week demanding that management tell them if they would be paid today.
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Guptas’ Optimum mine faces court action & threats of a ‘radical demonstration’
Derko Mining and Exploration has filed in court papers in the High Court in Pretoria.
