The deaths of four miners at the Tau Lekoa gold mine in the North West province are reportedly blamed on “lily-white emergency workers” who allegedly prevented black workers from saving their buddies. These accusations are being made by the National Union of Miners (Num) After an underground rockfall at Village Main Reef caused miners to..
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Black union blames ‘lily white’ emergency workers for gold miners deaths
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Amcu workers inks R14 000 deal – most of the labourers did not even pass Grade 12 – what a huge remuneration for unskilled workers
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The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has signed a wage agreement with Rustenburg-based Siyanda Bakgatla Platinum Mine, which will see miners paid a basic wage of R14 309 a month in the third year of a three-year agreement. This is substantially less than the R17 000 a month Amcu is demanding from major employers Anglo..
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Num and ANC bumped heads over the restructuring of Eskom, union threatening to shut down power supply
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The Num trade union is directly in line with government’s suggestion that Eskom should be “unbundled”. Ramaphosa’s assurance that workers will not lose their jobs is not in line with Pravin Gordhan’s statement that Eskom will offer its workers a severance package. Num threatened that they would bring the country’s power supply to a halt..
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Unions reject Ramaphosa’s Eskom division plan since it is nothing but privatization via the back door and would lead to mass unemployment across large areas
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to divide Eskom into three separate entities is rejected by the unions. The two major unions are the National Union of Metalworkers in SA (Numsa) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). In his State of the Nation address, Ramaphosa said in Parliament that the Eskom entity will be divided into..
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Another deceit from the ANC regime! – Gold Field Mine announced that it is necessary to lay down 1,100 workers, just a few days after the ruling government has assured no retrenchments will be made
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The National Union for Miners (NUM) has called on the Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, to protect jobs at the Gold Field Mine. It follows after the mine announced that it was forced to lay down 1,100 workers and added that the number of contractors was reduced to 420. The announcement of Gold Field..
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Police apparently knew about attack on bus
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Police apparently had ample warning of the petrol bomb attack on a bus which led to the death of several mine workers in Limpopo this week, as several trucks have suffered similar attacks in recent months.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) yesterday called for the police to take action against the violent attacks in Burgersfort, Limpopo, which resulted in the death of six mineworkers, who succumbed to the blaze
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ANOTHER GUPTA-OWNED MINE FAILS TO PAY EMPLOYEES
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JOHANNESBURG – Yet another Gupta-linked mine has failed to pay the salaries of its employees.
The mine in question is the Koornfontein Coal Mine in Mpumalanga.
This follows the failure of the controversial family’s Optimum Coal Mine to pay its workers their salaries this month which led to mineworkers downing tools since Wednesday.
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How Cyril Ramaphosa Sold His Soul to The Oppenheimers For $900 Million. How Much Will He Sell SA For?
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Has South Africa just jumped from the frying pan into the fire by having Cyril Ramaphosa elected as the President of the ANC and next President of SA? Are our memories that short that we forget that Ramaphosa is simply just a better liar than Zuma, and not only in the “African Way” is he..
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