Anglo Platinum seals pay deal with South African unions
Anglo American Platinum Ltd. sealed a five-year wage deal with some of the biggest labor unions in South Africa, a move that may help bring stability at the world's most profitable platinum ...
Calls to formalize artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa
Español. 29 August, 2019 Trade unions in Africa are calling for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) to be formalized as a way of transforming the sector, following a meeting of IndustriALL Global Union mining affiliates in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 21 and 22 August. ASM provides livelihoods to over 10 million people in Sub-Saharan ...
CSR and Labor Policies in the South African Mining …
Mining. 1 Introduction. This chapter discusses corporate social responsibility (CSR) and labor policies that guide the mining industry in South Africa. Diale ( 2014) …
Gold One mine 'hostage situation': South African miner …
NUM was founded in 1982 by former labour unionist Cyril Ramaphosa, who is currently South Africa's president. It remains the nation's biggest mining union. It remains the nation's biggest mining ...
South African mine workers union commits to …
Most NUM members are from the mining sector including gold, platinum, coal, and other metals. The union is against the mothballing of mines, which has led to …
Miners from a rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A group of miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of their colleagues underground for a second day at a gold …
Mining industry in South Africa
Since then, the mining industry has become hugely important to the country, contributing roughly 202 billion South African Rand (roughly 10.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023 to South Africa's ...
Mining's Oppressive History: The South African Story (Part …
The proceeds of South Africa's tremendous mineral wealth became concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer people as time passed. In the Transvaal, gold mining followed the same pattern. As this labour- and capital-intensive industry rapidly expanded, so too did the demand for a cheap, large and disposable workforce. To the …
The future of mining in South Africa
The South African mining industry has consistently increased the size of its workforce, from 406,994 in 2001 to 453,543 in 2018. This has led to a parallel increase in the tax paid by mining companies to the national government, from $1.21bn in 2010 to $1.56bn in 2018, according to the country's Minerals Council.
History of mining in South Africa
The number of people employed in mining swelled, with up to 158,000 people working in the sector by 1946 and 119 separate unions established to represent their political interests. That year, the African Mineworkers Union went on strike, with 60,000 workers downing tools to demand higher wages.
South Africa's Powerful Labor Unions Dig in for Tough …
Contentious public and mining sector wage negotiations in South Africa could lead to more strikes that disrupt business operations and public services, with the potential to spur limited bouts of unrest. The Congress of South African Trade Unions demanded a 10% wage increase for public sector workers for the 2022-23 fiscal year in …
How unions have boosted pay, job security in democratic South Africa
The obvious answer appears to be yes: average wage settlements of 7.8% in 2014 improved the welfare of unionised workers. Strike activity (measured by lost working time) tripled between ...
Investing in South Africa's Mining and Mineral …
16% 7.3% Contribution of SA's mining industry to GDP. Why invest? Well-established infrastructure. Key inputs for emerging technologies. According to the Department of …
South African mining unions: Numsa to openly recruit from …
Numsa's General Secretary Irvin Jim announced that his union would "openly recruit in the mining industry and welcome NUM members," South Africa's Mail & Guardian reports. Numsa, like NUM ...
South African unions free some miners held underground
Workers stuck underground for days over a union dispute at Gold One International Ltd.'s Modder East mine in South Africa have returned to the surface. South African unions free some miners held ...
Unions express dismay over mining sector retrenchments
Trade unions the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have expressed their dissatisfaction with the plans announced by various ...
Metals & Mining – Africa Union
Southern Africa has long been considered a regional and global mining powerhouse, in particular South Africa. However, it has been engulfed by a series of shocks and economic underperformance. ... African Union Headquarters P.O. Box 3243, Roosvelt Street W21K19 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 551 77 00 Fax: +251 11 551 78 44. Twitter ...
Collaborative solutions for mining in South Africa
A successful mining industry in South Africa is in the interest of all stakeholders – whether directly and indirectly linked to it – i.e. mining companies, government, investors, communities, labour …
Miners from a rival union are holding hundreds of …
Rivalry between the NUM and AMCU unions was partly responsible for one of South Africa's most horrific mining episodes, when 34 striking mineworkers were shot and killed by police at a platinum mine in Marikana in the North West province in 2012.
South African platinum workers eye windfall as wage …
16th March 2022. By: Bloomberg. Font size: - +. South Africa 's biggest platinum mining union will next week start submitting wage demands to companies as workers push for a …
South African mining unions: Numsa to openly recruit from …
Numsa's General Secretary Irvin Jim announced that his union would "openly recruit in the mining industry and welcome NUM members," South Africa's Mail …
The Marikana Massacre: A Historical overview of the …
Trade unions still play a critical role in the economic, social-cultural, and political development of South Africa as trade unions in South Africa boost having over three million members which ...
Kumba Iron Ore, Amplats announce retrenchment plans
This comes as Statistics South Africa earlier released the unemployment rate for the fourth quarter of 2023, which rose to 32.1% from 31.9% in the third quarter. National Union of Mineworkers spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu confirmed that some of their members received retrenchment letters from Amplats.
Phalabora Mining Company, Phalaborwa | SouthAfrica
Palabora Mining Company – Excellent Quality Products. The Palabora Mining Company is located in the town of Phalaborwa, and was incorporated in August 1956. Being the only producer of refined copper in South Africa, the company's copper ore-body started in 1956, and the open pit copper mine and associated plants commenced during the 1960 ...
the impact of labour relations in the mining sector in south africa
The mining industry has played a significant role in the development of South Africa by being a top employer and foreign exchange earner. With the large workforce, labour unions have also emerged as an important factor that moderates how people, companies, and the government interact.
Miners' unions threaten strikes at Sibanye
A strike across the South African miners' operations seems likely following failed wage negotiations between the company and unions. South Africa's mining unions have been cleared to strike after a breakdown in wage negotiations with Sibanye-Stillwater. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, an independent dispute ...
CSR and Labor Policies in the South African Mining Industry
Fine and Rustomjee posit that South Africa has been a leading global supplier of minerals and mineral products for a long time.Neingo and Tholana aver that the mining industry in South Africa directly adds about 7% to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).Also, the industry is responsible for at least R540 billion in exports each …
(PDF) Trade union organising in the mining sector:: A …
1982 and grew into one of the largest trade unions in South Africa. It was . ... South Africa's mining industry is a contested terrain, and the existingpolitical settlement is likely to ...
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
Black workers left the Trades & Labour Council to join the Trade Union Council of South Africa (Tucsa), which had an ambivalent relation to Black unions, often excluding them or keeping them in check in favour of its white members. ... In an official statement later, white miners who died were named, while black mining fatalities were announced ...
Labor Exploitation in the South African Mining …
Currently, the largest mining union in South Africa is no longer NAMU, but is the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). This controversial group, which is regarded as more ...
35 Trade Unions in South Africa
The Union of South Africa, formed in 1910, was characterized by a political partnership between English-speaking and Afrikaans-speaking Whites, representing their mining and agricultural interests respectively. The Union formally excluded the African majority from any formal political expression 1. A series of laws was passed that would ...
Miners' unions threaten strikes at Sibanye
A strike across the South African miners' operations seems likely following failed wage negotiations between the company and unions. Zachary Skidmore January …
AMV – Africa Mining Vision | African Union
The Africa Mining Vision was adopted by Heads of State at the February 2009 AU summit following the October 2008 meeting of African Ministers responsible for Mineral Resources Development. It is Africa's own response to tackling the paradox of great mineral wealth existing side by side with pervasive poverty. The AMV is holistic. It advocates ...
South Africa's rival unions unite in dispute over gold …
South Africa's long-divided mining unions are forging a united front against the industry's largest employer as they declared a dispute over wage negotiations with Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. The ...
South Africa
South Africa - Diamonds, Gold, Imperialism: South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As the predominantly agrarian societies of …