Thousands of South African gold miners on strike

As anticipated last week, about 80,000 South African gold miners went on strike Tuesday night after wage talks broke down, threatening to cause millions of …

Miners' Strike in South Africa Raises the Spirit of Resistance

The Chamber of Mines, an employer trade association, said that 220,000 to 230,000 black miners were on strike and that production had been ''significantly affected'' at 33 of the group's 99 mines.

More than 2,000 mine workers extend underground protest …

More than 2,000 workers have remained underground Tuesday, Dec. 19 in two shafts at Implats' Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine in the North West province of South Africa for a second day in a protest over pay and benefits. There were two recent …

The African Mine workers strike of 1946

Introduction. The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers, but the racist policies of the segregationist state of Jan Smuts.

South African gold miners strike over 'slave …

The union, which represents about 64% of South Africa's 120,000 gold miners, said it rejected "with contempt slave wages as represented by an increase of a meagre 6.5% or R300 (£18.68) per …

South African unions end three-month strike in the gold sector

15 June, 2022 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) jointly signed a collective agreement at Sibanye …

South African miners strike over dangerous conditions

The strike over safety follows one for higher pay. With global minerals prices on the rise, miners won raises of up to 10 per cent this year, but the average miner still earns about R3,500 ($500 ...

NUM, UASA unions back strike at Sibanye-Stillwater gold mines …

Image: Moeletsi Mabe. Members of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and United Association of South Africa (UASA) voted 62% in favour of a strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold mines ...

Sibanye stops South Africa gold mining operations as strike …

HARARE - South Africa 's Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday it had stopped operations at its gold mines after two major unions began a strike over wages. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM ...

Sibanye-Stillwater gold mining strike enters second month

In June 2021, Gold Fields's South Deep gold mine reached a three-year settlement with Uasa and NUM which averages out at 6.5% over the full period of the agreement.

Gold One mine: Situation tense as police fire rubber bullets …

The situation remains tense at Gold One mine in Springs, with police firing rubber bullets and teargas at protesting AMCU workers. Workers affiliated with AMCU have been gathering at the mine since Sunday night, demanding a date for their union to be officially recognised as the majority union. Police also confiscated cars belonging to …

MINERS END STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH NO WAGE …

More than 250,000 black miners agreed today to end South Africa's largest and costliest strike after three weeks. The gold and coal miners failed to win any improvement over a pre-strike wage ...

Trade union launches strike at Gold Fields' South Deep mine

November 5, 2018. Share this article. South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has launched a strike at Gold Fields ' South Deep operation to protest against the company's plan to cut around 1,100 jobs at the mine. The proposed cuts will make a third of the total workforce redundant. Around 80% of the workers at the mine are ...

num south africa gold mines strike

num south africa gold mines strike The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, Aug 31, 2012 0183 32 Around 12,000 workers have downed tools at a South African gold mine in a wildcat strike, their employer Gold Fields said Friday Employees of the East Section of the KDC Gold Mine on the West Rand Johannesburg in South …

1946 African Mineworkers Strike | South African …

On 12 August 1946 African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a week in the face of the most savage police …

Sibanye-Stillwater stops SA gold mining operations as strike …

SA's Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday it had stopped operations at its gold mines after unions began a strike over wages. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Association of Mineworkers ...

South African trade unions sign wage deal with miner Sibanye

Two South African trade unions have signed a three-year wage agreement with miner Sibanye Stillwater on June 11, one of the unions said on Sunday, removing the last hurdle to restarting operations ...

South African miners strike for higher wages, 1946

Case Study Details. In 1941 the pay disparity between black South African mine workers and white South African workers was R70 to R848, respectively. The African Mine Workers' Union (AMWU) formed in response to address this issue. By 1946 the 12:1 ratio of pay had not changed, as black workers were paid R87 while white workers were paid …

Gold One mine 'hostage situation': South African miner …

Amcu has accused Gold One bosses of colluding with NUM, an allegation the mine denies. NUM was founded in 1982 by former labour unionist Cyril Ramaphosa, who is currently South Africa's president ...

South African gold, platinum miners take co-workers …

South Africa is the largest platinum producer in the world and a key gold producer. At one of the recent Gold One wildcat strikes, a strike undertaken by unionized workers without the approval of the union, a miner named Mmamiya Mayane and her team were directed by ax-wielding coworkers to follow them and were held for 4 days, starved …

Labor dispute keeps 540 South African miners stuck …

Labor dispute keeps 540 South African miners stuck underground. Stock image. About 540 workers at Gold One International Ltd.'s Modder East mine have been prevented from returning to the surface ...

Hundreds of workers leave South African gold mine after …

Hundreds of workers have left an underground gold mine in South Africa after being prevented from leaving for three days. More than 550 workers were being held there against their will, after ...

Sibanye-Stillwater faces fresh strikes at gold mines

In 2021, expenses climbed by 7% to $1,749 an ounce, while gold output rose 10% to about 892,000 ounces. A strike at Sibanye's gold operations in 2019 ended after five months, with workers ...

NUM lambasts CAPM's plans to retrench up to 200 Orkney …

Meanwhile, the NUM also suggests that South African miners may have been exploited at the Orkney mine, saying that, in 2018, the NUM's members had gone …

UPDATE | Union say strike at Sibanye Gold mines will 'change mining …

The NUM says Sibanye-Stillwater's arrogance has forced workers to embark on a strike that "will change the gold mining landscape forever". In a statement, the union confirmed NUM and AMCU members on Wednesday night will commence with legal strike action at Sibanye's gold operations in the Free State and Gauteng.

NUM workers to strike as Gold fields culls South Deep …

NUM said that they will down tools on Friday after Gold Fields announced that they were letting go of 1 100 workers from its South Deep operation.

Another sit-in strike at Gold One as company dismisses 50 miners

About 447 miners at Gold One Modder East mine, Springs, have not resurfaced since Thursday night's shift in an alleged sit-in protest against dismissals. Ziyaad Hassam, head of legal at Gold One ...

Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines

Collectively, they are asking for a monthly pay increase of 1,000 rand ($65) for workers in Sibanye's gold mines. The deal would run over each of the next three years.

Unions on strike at South African gold mines | IndustriALL

10 March, 2022 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union, and other unions, are on strike to push for wage demands after failed …

South African unions free some miners held underground

The historically dominant NUM started losing members to AMCU more than a decade ago, highlighted by a strike led by the upstart union at Lonmin Plc's Marikana operations in 2012 that led to 34 ...