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  • FILE: Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa addresses hundreds of union members. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Amcu lashes out at NUM

    Amcu has vehemently denied its members were involved in the latest attack on non-striking miners.

    2911 days ago
  • Ngoako Ramatlhodi. Picture: GCIS

    Ramatlhodi vows to end platinum strike

    Newly appointed Minister of Mineral Resources says he will personally intervene in the strike.

    2913 days ago
  • Around 70,000 Amcu members have been on strike for four months, demanding a basic salary of R12,500 per month. Picture: AFP.

    Groups show solidarity for striking miners

    Human rights groups and miners protested outside Parliament for the rights of striking miners.

    2915 days ago
  • FILE: Platinum Mineworkers report for work at a Lonmin shaft in Marikana on 15 May 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Lonmin denies wage agreement reports

    A Lonmin spokesperson says wage talks between platinum firms and Amcu are ongoing.

    2916 days ago
  • Joseph Mathunjwa said parties will discuss the matter publicly after they have concluded today's talks. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN.

    Details of platinum wage talks to be released

    Amcu says parties will discuss the matter publicly after they have concluded today's talks.

    2917 days ago
  • Amcu and platinum companies remain optimistic on day two of renewed wage talks. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN

    Platinum wage talks enter day 2

    Amcu and platinum companies remain optimistic on day two of renewed wage talks.

    2917 days ago
  • Amcu members strike in Marikana on 14 May 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Platinum strike: Judge lauded for intervention

    Amcu and platinum firms agreed to re-enter wage talks under mediation of the Labour Court.

    2919 days ago
  • FILE: Amcu's crippling strike in the platinum sector is in its fourth month. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Amcu, bosses agree to fresh wage talks

    A formal agreement was reached to reopen wage negotiations in a bid to end the platinum strike.

    2920 days ago
  • The Gift of the Givers hands out food parcels to striking Amcu miners at Anglo American Platinum in Rustenburg on 20 May 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Amcu, mine bosses in interdict talks

    The union applied for an urgent interdict to stop Lonmin and other producers from contacting members.

    2920 days ago
  • Amcu applied for an urgent interdict to stop Lonmin from doing the negotiations after it warned it may cause tension. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Amcu takes Lonmin to court

    Lonmin's Abey Kgotle said they will oppose the interdict sought by Amcu.

    2920 days ago
  • Nedlac has called for an end to the four-month wage strike as it reaches a dangerous impasse. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Nedlac concerned about platinum strike

    Nedlac has called for an end to the four-month wage strike as it reaches a dangerous impasse.

    2921 days ago
  • Non-striking miners reporting for duty in Marikana on 15 May 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Amcu: Rival unions using Marikana hit list

    Amcu says the Marikana hit list is being used to paint the union as a vigilante group.

    2921 days ago
  • Platinum Mineworkers report for work at a Lonmin shaft in Marikana on 15 May 2014. Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Num ‘extremely concerned’ about ‘hit list’

    Reports surfaced of an apparent 'Marikana hit list' containing the names of miners returning to work.

    2922 days ago
  • FILE IMAGE: It’s being reported that the names of three of the four miners, who were killed last week in Rustenburg after they broke away from the union’s four month long strike, appeared on the document. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Amcu calls for 'hit list' info

    The union has denied any prior knowledge of the list or that its members may be responsible for it.

    2922 days ago
  • Church members volunteer at a soup kitchen to feed Wonderkop residents in Marikana on 16 May 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN

    Soup kitchen feeds famished Marikana

    The soup kitchen is run by locals and provides two meals a day to the families of mineworkers.

    2923 days ago
  • Army and police have been deployed in Marikana as more workers are expected to return to work on 14 May 2014 after months of strike. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Platinum miners describe 'unbearable poverty'

    Amcu's platinum strike is in its fourth month, with workers reportedly losing a combined R1.4 billion.

    2924 days ago
  • Lonmin corporate affairs vice president Lerato Molebatsi and head of stakeholder relations and public affairs Happy Nkhoma at a press conference on 15 May 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Lonmin: Workers should stay at home

    The mining giant told employees that it is not worth risking their lives to return to their posts.

    2925 days ago
  • Joseph Mathunjwa. Picture: Mia Lindique/EWN.

    Amcu strike: Mathunjwa appeals for peace

    The union leader says striking members must not be agitated by those who choose to work.

    2925 days ago
  • Platinum mineworkers report for work at a Lonmin shaft in Marikana on 15 May 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Platinum miners report to work

    The men were dropped off by a bus escorted under heavy police guard.

    2925 days ago
  • Thousands of miners in Marikana gathered at the stadium to be addressed by Amcu leaders on 14 May 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Amcu: Deployment of cops a 'recipe for disaster'

    Joseph Mathunjwa made the comments before hundreds of striking miners in Marikana.

    2926 days ago
  • Joseph Mathunjwa is expected to address allegations of intimidation and killings that have been attributed to Amcu. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Show of force by Amcu members at stadium

    Joseph Mathunjwa is expected to address thousands of striking members.

    2926 days ago
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