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  • FILE: Around 70,000 Amcu members went on strike in January demanding an entry level salary of R12,500. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Fresh demands stall platinum wage talks

    Amcu has added additional pay demands to its 'in principle agreement'.

    2932 days ago
  • Amcu-affiliated miners demonstrate in Marikana on the platinum belt in the North West where a strike in the sector has run since January. Picture: Sapa.

    Stalemate in platinum wage talks

    Amplats has urged Amcu to return to the terms of last week's agreement.

    2933 days ago
  • FILE: Amcu-affiliated miners demonstrate in Marikana on the platinum belt in the North West where a strike in the sector has run since January. Picture: Sapa.

    Mining giants review Amcu's concerns

    Amcu has raised concerns over the latest wage deal with Implats and Amplats.

    2933 days ago
  • Workers at Lonmin, Impala and Anglo gave the Amcu's leadership a mandate to accept a R1,000 salary hike. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Amcu to meet with platinum bosses

    Miners gave Amcu's leadership a mandate to accept a R1,000 salary hike.

    2938 days ago
  • Organised business said it's time for govt and business to talk about the hard issues. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    'Govt & business must discuss economy'

    Organised business said it's time for govt and business to talk about the plunging economy.

    2940 days ago
  • Ranjeni Munusamy

    Wages, politics & the ANC's false boogeymen

    Ranjeni Munusamy delves into the details of the ongoing platinum strike.

    2940 days ago
  • Reuters journalist Ed Cropley reflects on the troubles faced by SA's economy. Picture: AFP.

    SA enters economic deep freeze

    Reuters journalist Ed Cropley reflects on the troubles faced by SA's economy.

    2941 days ago
  • Stocks scaled to record highs on Tuesday for a second straight session.

    Stocks hit records but platinum down

    Stocks scaled to record highs on Tuesday for a second straight session.

    2941 days ago
  • About 70,000 Amcu members downed tools in January at Impala Platinum, Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Platinum strike 'could be nearing an end'

    The crippling strike by around 70,000 Amcu members has cut 40 percent of global production of platinum.

    2947 days ago
  • FILE: Platinum mineworkers report for work at a Lonmin shaft in Marikana on 15 May, 2014. Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Explosives found in Marikana mine shaft

    Rustenburg police say they found explosives and copper cables worth over R130,000.

    2947 days ago
  • FILE IMAGE: Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa delivers a speech. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Labour Court rejects Amcu's interdict

    Amcu's interdict was to stop platinum companies from communicating with employees.

    2949 days ago
  • Thousands of Amcu mineworkers marched to Lonmin’s headquarters in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, as they entered the 10th week of their strike for higher wages. 3 April 2014. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    SACP slams Amcu for platinum strike

    The SACP says Amcu’s prolonged wage strike will have disastrous consequences.

    2949 days ago
  • Numsa General Secretary Irvin Jim. Picture: Sapa.

    Numsa's nationwide strike looms

    SA could be plunged into recession by another massive strike, this time in the metal industry.

    2949 days ago
  • FILE: Around 70,000 mineworkers affiliated to Amcu have been on strike since January. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Amcu considers its options

    The union says it's considering all options suggested during wage negotiations.

    2952 days ago
  • 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.

    2953 days ago
  • Stephen Grootes

    Ramatlhodi: Straight into the platinum fire

    Stephen Grootes on the tough job ahead for our new Mineral Resources Minister.

    2954 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.

    2955 days ago
  • Orbit Jazz Club will hold a fundraising event on Sunday evening in a bid to help striking miners on the platinum belt. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Performers to raise funds for miners' families

    Organisers of the event have promised a lineup of well-known jazz artists at Orbit Jazz Club.

    2957 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.

    2957 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.

    2962 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.

    2962 days ago
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