List Of South African Mines On Strike

07 November 2024

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Over 2,000 Mineworkers End Sit-in at South …

The standoff at Impala Platinum's Bafokeng Rasimone mine in South Africa has come to a peaceful conclusion, with over 2,000 mineworkers resurfacing on Wednesday. This marks the end of a three-day underground sit …

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Impala Platinum reports strike at its Bafokeng operations

South Africa's Impala Platinum on Tuesday reported a strike at part of its recently acquired Bafokeng operations in Rustenburg, which it said mostly involves contractors demanding permanent positions.

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The effects of strikes in the South African gold mining …

the mining income to the GDP from 2002 to 2011 thus making it an important economic sector in South Africa (Chamber of Mines South Africa, 2012). The South African unionised labour market is particularly active when it comes to wage negotiations which often results in strike action, however in recent days we

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Illegal strike could cause further job losses, not preserve …

Impala Bafokeng, along with Implats' other South African operations, is currently undergoing a Section 189 consultation process, in terms of the Labour Relations Act, which may lead to staff ...

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Extension of collective agreements in terms of …

Extension of collective agreements in terms of section 23 (1) (d) of the LRA and the "knock on effect" on the right to strike: AMCU v Chamber of Mines of South Africa CCT87/16 [2017] January 2018 ...

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South Africa: Underground mine occupation

More than 2,000 workers occupy a platinum mine in South Africa for the second day in a row on Tuesday, causing concern among families as the company tries to push for an end to one of the country ...

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South Africa: Mining unions extend strike over pay …

Striking miners at South Africa's second largest gold producer, Sibanye-Stillwater, say they are extending their strike until they get a pay rise. Thousands of workers have been demanding a 63 US ...

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Operating Mines

OPERATING MINES. This directory is an update of previous editions, and lists operating mines and quarries, agents and mineral processing plants in the Republic of South Africa. The mines are grouped according to main commodity produced. Names of mines, their owners, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers, commodities mined, operational ...

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South African miners hold colleagues from rival union …

Rivalry between the NUM and AMCU unions was partly responsible for one of South Africa's most horrific mining episodes, when 34 striking mine workers were shot and …

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The history of Migrant Labour in South Africa

Despite the fact that the strike was defeated, ... The control of migratory labour on the South African gold mines in the era of Kruger and Milner. Journal of Southern African Studies, 2(1), pp.3-29. Hutt, W, H. 1964 p 51. Levy, N., 1983. The foundation of the South African cheap labour system. Indicator South Africa, 1(1), pp.31-32.

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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 year, which is 66% of all …

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South Africa: platinum, labour politics and an ugly strike

South Africa's mining industry is again confronted by labour unrest. Production at the Marikana platinum mining complex run by Lonmin PLC, the world's third largest platinum producer, has been ...

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The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South Africa…

South African studies on industrial action in the mining industry have examined the national economic effect of strikes in platinum mines, while others examined strike effects on financial ...

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Hundreds of South African Gold Miners Trapped

Print. RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Rebel miners blockaded more than 440 workers underground in a South African gold mine Friday amid tensions that include a …

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Gold One gets interdict against strike, 500 miners allegedly …

Gold One has succeeded in interdicting a strike in which more than 500 workers are being held "hostage" at its mine in Springs, allegedly by members of the Association of …

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The Marikana Massacre: A Historical overview of the …

PDF | On Oct 4, 2018, Chitja Twala published The Marikana Massacre: A Historical overview of the labour unrest in the mining sector in South Africa | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...

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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 biggest previous mine strike was in 1946, when about 100,000 miners walked ...

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Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike

A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers. Big Events Have Small Beginnings . The beginning of the first real mass trade union for South Africa's black miners was a small event - so small that history records very little about it, save that the initiative came from a meeting of the Transvaal African National Congress Executive in 1941.

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1946 African Mine Workers' Union strike

The South African Mine Workers' Strike was a labour dispute involving mine workers of Witwatersrand in South Africa. It started on 12 August 1946 and lasted approximately a week. The strike was attacked by police and over the week, at least 1,248 workers were wounded and at least 9 killed.

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Mine Strike Mayhem Stuns South Africa as Police Open Fire

MARIKANA, South Africa — The police fired on machete-wielding workers engaged in a wildcat strike at a platinum mine here on Thursday, leaving a field strewed with bodies and a deepening fault ...

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Talks to end the strike action by workers at SABS collapse

The workers have also planned a march to his office on the 8th of August to address issues at the organisation hopeful that through his intervention, issues at the entity would be a thing of the past and the strike action called off. Video: SABS Strike – Nehawu looks to intervention by Minister Parks Tau as negotiations collapse

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List of Diamond Mines in South Africa

Since the diamond strike in Kimberley in 1868, the country has been a significant nation in the manufacture of diamonds. We will be exploring the country's largest diamond mines, and it is important to note that De Beers Consolidated Mines …

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Miners leave South Africa gold mine after 3 days …

Oct. 25, 2023 10:03 AM PT. SPRINGS, South Africa —. Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground as part of a union dispute were leaving a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, the ...

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Thousands of workers on strike at South Africa's Impala Platinum mines

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) went on strike at the Impala Platinum mines in Rustenburg this week. Among the key demands raised by the workers is an end to exploitation by labor contractors ... June 20, at the Impala Platinum mines in Rustenburg in South Africa's North West province. The action was organized by ...

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List of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations

30/11/76 Skirmish with South African Police (SAP): ... 09/01/87 Support for strike action: OK Bazaars Eloff Street, Johannesburg. Bomb explodes, no injuries ... 26/05/88 Outside African Eagle Building, Pretoria: limpet mine injures four civilians. Outside Ruth Arndt Early Learning Centre, Pretoria - limpet mine detonates during lunch hour ...

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AngloGold Ashanti fires 12,000 South African striking miners

Miners at several other South African mines, such as the 4,000 platinum employees of giant Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, have gone back to or remained on strike.

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Amplats to sell strike-hit South African mines | Reuters

World number-one platinum producer Anglo American Platinum <AMSJ.J> is to sell a swathe of its most labor-intensive South African mines after a five-month strike shattered its hopes of ever ...

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The Platinum Industry in South Africa

The South African mining industry faced significant challenges after the Marikana massacre and the "Dieselgate" scandal, which led to a shift away from diesel and increased research into electric cars. This shift impacted the platinum industry, as Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) were extensively used in diesel production, but the emergence of ...

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2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa …

The South African mining industry shed 20,000 jobs in the 12 months leading to June 2013, and that trend was set to continue due to low margins, cost pressures and volatile commodity prices. ... The direct impact of the mining strike on first quarter 2014 growth was clearly evident. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reduction of 1.3% was ...

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Miners' Strike: South Africa 1922

A History of South Africa. New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press, 2001. Walker, Ivan L. and Ben Weinbren. 2000 Casualties: A History of the Trade Unions and the Labour Movement in the Union of South Africa. Johannesburg, R.S.A.: The South African Trade Union Council, 1961. Wilson, Francis. Labour in the South African Gold Mines,1911-1969.

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