Trade unions in South Africa has a history dating back to the 1880s. From the beginning unions could be viewed as a reflection of the racial disunity of the country, with the earliest unions being predominantly for white workers. Through the turbulent years of 1948–1991 trade unions played an important part in developing political and economic resistance, and eventually were one of the ...

The National Union of Metalworkers in South Africa (Numsa) has "declared war" on its sister union, the National Union of Minerworkers (NUM), and by extension, the country's biggest trade ...

The National Union of Mineworkers was founded in 1982. Its birth was facilitated by comrades Cyril Ramaphosa who rose to be its first General Secretary, James Motlatsi who turned to be its first President, and Elijah Barayi who became its Vice President and later the President of COSATU in 1985 when the federation was formed .

Union Mine is located in the Rustenburg district, 15km west of the Northam town in the Limpopo and North West provinces of South Africa. The mine contains platinum group metals (PMG). The mine operates under a mining right, covering a total of 119km 2 in the north-western section of the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC), which is proven as the ...

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) threatened on Friday to call a strike at mining companies De Beers, Exxaro, and Petra Diamonds after failing to reach wage agreements. NUM, one of the biggest mining unions in South Africa, said it had secured a certificate to stage a strike after talks on a wage settlement…

1 President Cyril Ramaphosa on November 2 announced that South Africa had signed a political declaration with the governments of France, Germany, the …

The development of South Africa's mining industry, and how it laid the foundations for Apartheid Although some mining had taken place in what is now South Africa centuries before Europeans arrived, 1 the modern mining industry emerged as the major shaper of South Africa's economy and race relations in the latter half of the 19 th century ...

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), one of the largest trade unions in South Africa's mining sector, has thousands …

In 2011, the Chamber of Mines, perhaps invigorated by a new breed of chief executive among the mining houses, began a process of, as Sibiya puts it, "putting South Africa …

Congress of South African Trade Unions Cosatu is the biggest of the country's three main trade union federations, with a combined membership of 2.2 million workers grouped into 20 affiliated trade unions. The majority of their members are in the mining and quarrying sector, followed by the public sector in community, social and personal ...

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. …

Cadiz Corporate Solutions' mining analyst Peter Major believes South Africa's unions have not used their enormous power and goodwill in the …

Key Role of Trade Unions in the South Africa's mining sector Workers Representation on: Wages and benefits Health and safety issues Harmonious industrial relations: Create a forum for cohesive dialogue with workers as a unit Documentation of workers concerns to management as a collective Protection of mineworker's interest post employment:

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) threatened on Friday to call a strike at mining companies De Beers, Exxaro and Petra Diamonds after failing to reach wage agreements.

6.1 The socio-economic attributes of coal mining in South Africa. According to the respondents the coal mining impacts on the society and the general economy of th e country are. observed from the ...

LOCAL NEWS Resource Minister Mantashe urges mining union NUM to discuss ways to save coal from extinction at the first day of a NUM conference in East London.Mantashe said moving off coal at this moment was inadvisable and risks destroying the economy of Mpumalanga and other coal mining regions. He ...

REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA For 31 May 2017 Information provided by the Department of Labour: For more information please visit OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF LABOUR RELATIONS LABORIA HOUSEs Private Bag x117, Pretoria, 0001 / 215 Schoeman Street, Pretori

Most of the trade unions in South Africa are affiliated to one of the three main trade union centres. This means that if you join a trade union at work, no matter if you are in catering, nursing, mining, teaching or any other work sector, it will most likely be affiliated to a specific trade union centre.

South Africa's largest mining union seeks wage hike from industry giants. The union's demand of a phased wage hike for mine workers, along with other health and housing benefits, is in light of the windfall gains accrued by the mining companies due to soaring prices of the platinum group metals. The AMCU has been fighting for the rights of ...

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. The ...

2 South Africa's Mining Industry: The Trade Union Perspective Introduction This document provides a summary of a meeting and questions and answers session held at Chatham House on 28 April 2014 that focused on South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the recent developments in South Africa's mining industry.

A history of mining in South Africa. ining in South Africa has been a contentious issue since 15-year-old Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs discovered South Africa's first diamond, the Eureka, in Hopetown in 1867. It kickstarted what historians call the Mineral Revolution, which made few European opportunists wealthy beyond measure, and saw hundreds ...

History. The union was founded in 1982 as a black mine workers union, on the initiative of the Council of Unions of South Africa.Its first leader was Cyril Ramaphosa, under whom it grew rapidly, winning bargaining recognition from the Chamber of Mines in 1983.: 51 NUM campaigned successfully in the 1980s for the end of the job reservation system, a system which ensured that the best-paid jobs ...

The Minerals Council South Africa and labour unions, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Solidarity and UASA have reconfirmed their support for South Africa's national vaccination programme, and have urged all industry employees to get vaccinated as soon as they have the opportunity to do so.

Relations between organised labour and South Africa's mining industry have, it would seem on the surface, never been better. After decades of intense class conflict, rooted in the grotesque ...

The rise or fall of trade unions in South Africa: The Marikana incident. On 16 August 2012, South Africa saw the most gruesome killing of workers post-apartheid in Marikana during the Lonmin mineworkers' illegal strike. Thirty-four mineworkers were gunned down by police in what will go down in history as the 'Marikana massacre'.

The country's four mining trade unions, the National Miners Union, the Miners Construction Union, Solidarity, and the South Africa Union have joined forces to combat the resolute refusal of Shivanier Gold management to give in to wage demands. The union is jointly demanding a monthly R1500 increase. However, management does not have it and only …

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. The International Society of Mine Safety Professionals. Kentucky Mining Institute. The Mining Association of Canada. Minerals Council of South Africa. National Aggregates Association. New South Wales Minerals Council. North American Metals Council

Coal in South Africa. South Africa today relies on coal to generate 92% of its electricity and to produce roughly 20% of its liquid . fuels (Department of Energy 2015). As a result, the public utility Eskom and chemical firm together account for more than 50% of South Africa's greenhouse gas emissions and 85% of the coal used in the local

The organisation of African mine workers was and remains one of the most difficult - and the most essential - tasks facing the trade union and national movement in South Africa. Recruited from the four corners of the country and beyond its borders in Malawi, Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique and, up to 1973, Angola, the African miners ...

Trade unions in the rest of Africa. It is undeniable that trade unions in the South African mining industry are very vocal and active. The same cannot be said for the rest of Africa, especially in countries where mining is a major activity. "Mining unions outside South Africa are not as well organised and effective as their South African ...

South Africa's mining sector delivers sterling performance. Local News. ... The Minerals Council South Africa and unions have "committed to collaborate" to address COVID-19, as the number of mineworker deaths due to the virus has shot up almost 50% in a month.

The National Union of Mineworkers was founded in 1982. Its birth was facilitated by comrades Cyril Ramaphosa who rose to be its first General Secretary, James Motlatsi who turned to be its first President, and Elijah Barayi who became its Vice President and later the President of Cosatu in 1985 when the federation was formed.

South Africa - South Africa - Reconstruction, union, and segregation (1902–29): The Union of South Africa was born on May 31, 1910, created by a constitutional convention (in Durban in 1908) and an act of the British Parliament (1909). The infant state owed its conception to centralizing and modernizing forces generated by mineral discoveries, and its character was shaped by eight years of ...

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday it planned to seek a hike of at least 15% in a three-year wage deal at upcoming negotiations with gold miners and state utility Eskom. NUM said it would consolidate the wage demands from all sectors it operates in, and would seek increases of between…