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Oct 5, 2021The Congress of South African Trade Unions, the country's largest labor group, said it will stage a separate strike on Thursday to pressure government to fix the economy. The steel strike is ...
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Strike in South Africa Continues on June 24, 2014 World News JOHANNESBURG — The government of South Africa stopped mediation efforts in an attempt to halt a strike held by South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) against Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Lonmin.
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The South African Labour Movement's Responses to Declarations ofMartial Law, 1913-1922 WesselVisser. ... and miners were on strike was threatened with paralysis and could therefore ill-afford to ... Chamber of Mines). Corner House (the mining house of H. Eckstein & Co., considered by the strikers to be a symbol of capitalism) was also attacked ...
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Leaders of South Africa's platinum mines have said the nine-week long strike by workers has caused 'irreparable' damage and has cost the sector nearly $1bn. Miners at Anglo American Platinum,...
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Not in South African law Published on 18 July 2013 This article is more than 9 years old In July 2013 Business Day reported that 5,600 miners had embarked on an "illegal protest" at Anglo American Platinum's Thembelani and Khuseleka 1 mines. The Sunday World reported on "illegal work stoppages" at South Africa's biggest mail centre.
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Jan 23, 2014Thu 23 Jan 2014 18.11 EST Tens of thousands of platinum miners went on strike in South Africa on Thursday, seeking higher wages and disrupting one of the country's major industries. Protesters from...
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Marikana miners' strike: South Africa Marikana: 2012 Mount Isa Mines strike of 1964: Australia Queensland: 1964-65 Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912: United States West Virginia: 1912 United Mine Workers: Pennsylvania coal miner's strike of 1902: United States Pennsylvania: 1902 Real del Monte silver miners' strike of 1766:
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But economists are concerned that continued strikes in major mining companies could damage the South African economy and hold back growth and employment. This comes as reports indicate that more than 70,000 platinum mineworkers downed tools in Rustenburg on January 23.
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Mining strikes Amcu to embark on secondary strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's platinum ops By Reuters This secondary strike will be in support of current strike at the company's gold operations on the...
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The government's ineffectiveness in implementing the Mining Charter In 2010, South Africa launched a new mining charter to facilitate the sustainable transformation and development of its mining industry, with emphasis on a target of 26 per cent black ownership of the country's mining assets by 2014.
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The largest miners' union in South Africa, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), has declared a dispute with mining giants Amplats and Sibanye-Stillwater. ... "Sibanye is trying to provoke us into strike." Nevertheless, all the three mining companies have refused to meet the union's legitimate demands. Implats ...
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Titanium Ore Production Line in South Africa: The titanium ore production line is located in South Africa and the contract was signed in 2011. SBM has been in charge of the installation. In the same year on December another set of production line equipment were bought by the local miners. We have been establishing business with the company ...
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South African union threatens strike at coal and diamond mines Reuters Friday October 02, 2020 08:46 Kitco News JOHANNESBURG, Oct 2 (Reuters) - 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.
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For example, although this is narrow, the 2014 platinum mining strike in South Africa led to a reduction of 0.72-0.78% in the country's real GDP [23]. It is undeniable that the total cost of any ...
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South African Miners Strike Over Poor Safety October 27, 2009 8:35 AM update October 27, ... Most of South Africa's mining accidents have been caused by rock falls or explosions, but critics ...
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The wildcat strike at Rustenberg, the biggest platinum mine in the world, has ended. Production resumed Monday the 5th. The miners have gained nothing besides bitter experience, and 2000 of them have been left unemployed.
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South African miners strike over dangerous conditions. A rise in deadly accidents in South Africa's mining industry prompted tens of thousands of miners to stage a strike on Tuesday, calling for ...
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STRIKE action at some of South Africa's ports with potential to disrupt coal exports was narrowly avoided on May 29 after Transnet won a court order preventing the action, scheduled for May 30.. A Transnet port manager told IHS Markit that the company won a court order late Wednesday to stop Transnet union workers from striking tomorrow morning.
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Pre-1922 Strikes in the Gold Mines In the years leading up to the 1922 Rand Revolt, there were a number of strikes and protests by both white and black workers in the South African gold mining industry. In 1907, white gold workers in the Transvaal struck against a plan to reduce their wages and hire cheaper African and Chinese labor.
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According to SABC News, such a strike would affect a number of businesses in South Africa. The sector has guards in malls, the mining industry, residential clusters, universities, and parking lots....
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The strike lasted five months, ending in June 2014 when producers reached an agreement with the main labour unions. The immediate impacts on local mining towns were particularly severe, but our research shows that the strike could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South African economy as a whole.
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Mar 10, 2022The strike began with the night shift on 9 March after Sibanye Stillwater's fifth proposal on the wage negotiations fell short of the workers' demands and was rejected by the unions. Earlier, the NUM held joint mass meetings with other unions including IndustriALL affiliate, UASA, over the mining company's refusal to meet the wage demands.
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Members of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), who have been on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations ...
Get priceThe GDP of South Africa contracted in the first quarter of 2014, pulled down by the steepest drop in mining production (25% of which 19% was directly attributable to the strike) in 50 years. It was the first contraction since 2009. Fitch Ratings downgraded its outlook on South Africa to "negative" from "stable".
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This has been regarded as marking a turning point in democratic South Africa's history. Unlike the Sharpeville and Soweto massacres, the killing of striking miners in Marikana was carried out by a democratically elected government. Role of companies involved Lonmin Plc (LMI) is a UK mining company with its operational headquarters in Johannesburg.
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Although NUMSA commits to further negotiations, the union says it will call for a strike and solidarity strikes in other sectors that includes automotive, energy, mining, and tyre manufacturing if the wage negotiations remain deadlocked. Another IndustriALL affiliate, UASA, is involved in the negotiations.
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Apr 19, 2021. WORKERS at Bushveld Minerals' Vametco vanadium-producing facility in South Africa's North West province downed tools on Friday in protest against the terms of an employee participation plan (EPP), the company announced. An EPP had been previously agreed with the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) which is ...
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The offer, he said, is fair, considering current inflationary living costs, the sustainability of the South African gold operations and the interests of all stakeholders for the long term. ... The NUM says Sibanye-Stillwater's arrogance has forced workers to embark on a strike that "will change the gold mining landscape forever".
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PDF | Since the right to strike was recognised in the South African Constitution, strike actions have been a common phenomenon in the country. ... Given that mining co ntributes abo ut 5% of South ...
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When mining industries are well managed, countries like Peru, Chile, and Botswana have seen massive economic growth. Mining is crucial for developed nations as well. For example, mining makes up 20% of South Africa's total GDP and employs over 1 million people. People estimate that South Africa sits on over$2.5-trillion in mineral reserves.
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Reuters. March 10, 2022, 17:02 IST. After NUM and AMCU, the country's two biggest mineworker unions, served Sibanye with a strike notice in the week, the company proceeded to issue a lock-out notice to bar all workers from accessing the work place. HARARE: South Africa 's Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday it had stopped operations at its gold ...
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SIBANYE-STILLWATER: R1.7B BID TO SETTLE SA GOLD MINES STRIKE Johannesburg, Apr 23 Sibanye-Stillwater has launched a new bid to settle the 45-day-old strike by workers at its South African gold operations, making a "final settlement offer" that will add a further R1.67B to its annual wage bill over the next three years.
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South Africa: Inflation Hits 13-Year High - South African News Briefs - August 24, 2022 allAfrica, 24 August 2022 Update as at 16h30 SAST - Inflation Hits Highest High in 13 Years Read more »
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Wage disputes have spilled over into strikes in South Africa as 80,000 gold miners go on strike. Unions have warned they are ready to strike until Christmas to guarantee better pay. The gold ...
Get priceIn August 1946 the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU) in South Africa called a strike of black miners in the country's Witwatersrand gold producing region. The strike was the first widespread action taken by African workers since 1920. Nearly 100,000 black workers struck, completely or partially shutting down 13 mines.
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South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers confirmed the strike action on Thursday via Twitter. The Union said it is "busy establishing what could be workers demands." NUM has been informed of an...
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Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines Jan 17, 2022 South Africa's long-divided mining unions have scored a win since forging a united front against the industry's largest employer as the country's labour arbitration body has cleared them to strike following failed wage negotiations with Sibanye Stillwater.
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May 5, 2022Striking 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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The South African gold producers can't afford to increase wages too much as labor costs are said to represent approximately 50% of gold mining costs in South Africa. A probable strike may help to ...
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Feb 13, 2022Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.'s biggest mining unions voted to strike at the company's gold operations until their wage demands are met, one of the groups said after a meeting. Members of the ...
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