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Families to identify their loved ones after Tau Lekoa Mine tragedy
Xolani Meva, Lungile Nyawose, Katleho Nthibane and Karabo Mabuthile died at shaft number 10 following a rockfall caused by tremor on Friday.
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NUM holds first rally in Marikana since 2012 massacre
The NUM has not been in the area for seven years after rival union, Amcu took over as the largest union for workers in the region.
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Mboweni shrugs off NUM’s threats to shutdown Eskom
NUM wants the government to abandon its plans to split Eskom into three divisions, fearing that this will lead to its privatisation.
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Sibanye-Stillwater urged to upskill and not retrench thousands of workers
On Wednesday, the company announced its decision to cut 5,270 jobs at its Marikana mine in the North West due to financial losses.
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NUM criticise Sibanye-Stillwater over restructuring strategy
NUM was reacting to the company’s announcement that at the conclusion of its restructuring consultation processes, it had decided to close about four shafts.
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69 Orkney mineworkers healthy after underground sit-in over wage hike - NUM
NUM said the industrial action was officially over and the parties had agreed to an 8% salary increase.
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NUM: Ramaphosa didn't say Eskom won't be able to pay salaries next month
'City Press' on Sunday quoted anonymous sources in the union as saying that the cash-strapped power utility was battling to find money to pay staff amid a massive energy shortage.
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Amcu calls on Sibanye-Stillwater shareholders to disinvest
The union announced on Tuesday that it will be staging a secondary strike at the mine against plans to restructure the company.
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Eskom unbundling: Ramaphosa to hold urgent meeting with ANC alliance partners
NUM has threatened to withhold its support for the ANC during the May elections if government goes ahead with plans to unbundle the state-owned utility.
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Ramaphosa seeks to bring labour on board over plans to unbundle Eskom
President Ramaphosa says the government will be meeting with labour in the coming days to thrash out their concerns and he’s hoping it will be a collaborative process.
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Call for Nersa to deny Eskom’s 15% tariff increase request
The power utility says that even with this hefty hike it will still have a R50 billion debt hole to plug.
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NUM, Numsa ‘won’t tolerate’ retrenchment of members at Eskom
The National Union of Mineworkers says Eskom needs to communicate their intentions effectively.
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Amcu welcomes court ruling on Sibanye-Stillwater strike
The Labour Court on Friday disagreed with the mining company’s reason for judging the strike as unprotected.
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Amcu questions agreement between NUM & Sibanye-Stillwater
Amcu says it’s been made aware of an agreement signed between NUM and the company, although workers belonging to majority union are from Amcu and they remain on strike.
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NUM: 'Optimum Coal workers will not return to work until salaries paid'
It’s understood the Optimum employees have not been paid their November salaries which were due last week, and the contract workers are now two months behind.
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NUM vows to protect jobs at Eskom ahead of weekend march
The union is marching against an agreement signed by the Energy Department which will see solar and wind power plants being built in rural Mpumalanga.
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NUM, UASA and Solidarity unions agree 3-year Harmony Gold wage deal
No other details were immediately available but NUM last month inked a three-year wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti that saw a 12% pay hike for entry-level underground workers in the first year.
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Minerals Council SA 'disappointed' by deadlocked gold sector wage talks
The council is currently locked in negotiations with three main unions; Amcu, NUM and Solidarity at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.
