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The management of the mine refused to negotiate with the strike committee. After hiring non-union miners, it reopened the mine on 11 June 1913. General J.C. Smuts, a former minister of mines in South African and the current Minister of Defense and Finance and the acting minister of Justice in South Africa met with the strike committee on 19
South African miners are in the fifth week of a wildcat strike that has paralysed… Ovambo migrant workers general strike for rights, Namibia: 1971-72 In the winter of 1971-72 the economy of South West Africa …
In the case of a labour strike, the right to strike presents an additional complication that employers, mine management and contractors must consider. The right to strike is a fundamental pillar of labour relations in South Africa. It is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and further dealt with in the Labour …
Protesters gather at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa on August 17, 2012 where the day before 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking mineworkers.
More than 500 miners failed to emerge at the end of their night shift on Sunday, local media reported earlier this week. The NUM, the only formally recognised union at the mine, said they...
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 …
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 …
In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's platinum industry. The strike lasted 5 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 …
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 …
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 ...
RAYMOND, Maine — South African miners at the Sibanye Stillwater Mine ended their three-month strike on June 6, 2022, due to promises of increased monthly wages and annual bonuses. Three days after the strike ended, the economic situation for South Africans improved even more as the rand officially strengthened globally, …
The mining sector in South Africa, a cornerstone of the economy, is as much shaped by its labor relations and employment law dynamics as by its mineral wealth. In this industry, understanding and navigating the complex landscape of labor relations, including collective bargaining, strikes and compli
South Africa. 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...
More than 100 miners who had been underground for nearly three days amid a standoff between rival South African labour unions have returned to the surface.
GROUNDS FOR A STRIKE: SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINING IN THE 1940s By Wilmot G. James University of Cape Town Introduction The strike of about eighty thousand African gold miners in August 1946 has a special and romantic place in the annals of South African history. As an event it is celebrated in the popular
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 …
After the Massacre: Life in South Africa's Platinum Mining Belt. On 16 August 2012, Thembisa Nkuzo was among a group of women who set out from their homes in Nkaneng settlement, in South Africa's platinum mining district, and began walking towards a rocky outcrop...
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 …
Strikes. The New Year marked a strike on the collieries of the Transvaal. Strikes soon spread to the gold mines of the Reef, especially those in the East Rand, when electrical power workers and those in engineering and foundry occupations followed suit. By January 10, stoppage of work in mining and allied trades was complete.
The increase in working days lost, particularly in the second quarter, was driven by a prolonged wage-related strike at a large gold-mining company, the central bank said. About 31 000 workers at Sibanye Stillwater's three gold mines in South Africa embarked on a three-month strike for higher wages from early March. The protests hit …
On 13 August, 30 miners were delegated to cross the veld (field) that separated them from another Lonmin platinum mine, Karee, where miners were also undergoing a wildcat strike. The 30 miners were forced by security to turn back without being allowed to meet with miners on the other side. On their way back they were met …
Most accounts of the African miners' strike on the Witwatersrand in 1946 rely heavily on Dan O'Meara's pioneering article. 1 O'Meara argued that the 1946 strike reflected a trend toward the proletarianisation of black workers in South Africa (including miners) as they became increasingly separated from possession of the
Bafokeng mine strike has ended, disciplinary action to follow: Implats. 21 December 2023 - 08:25 By TimesLIVE . ... Shein's pop-up store ruffles South African retail sector South Africa .
International Labor and Working-Class History No. 83, Spring 2013, pp. 137–142 This note reflects on the August 2012 miners' strike at Marikana, South Africa in light of a century long history of violence associated with worker actions in that country and elsewhere in the Global South. It suggests that the breakaway union's allegedly 'illegal ...
industry to operate normally due to many strikes. Because of the higher rate of unemployment in South Africa whenever in an area there is an opportunity for the mining ... The South African mining industries are experiencing many difficulties; one of them is the unrest of the communities protesting about unemployment and poverty. It is a …
Glencore Xstrata operations are down at three locations. Workers are on strike at three South African chromes mines owned by Glencore Xstrata Plc (LSE: GLEN), the fourth largest miner in the world.
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...
International Labor and Working-Class History No. 83, Spring 2013, pp. 137–142 This note reflects on the August 2012 miners' strike at Marikana, South Africa in light of a century long history of violence associated …
A group of miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding around 500 of their colleagues underground for the second day at the mine over a union dispute. Some 15 miners have been injured in …
RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Rebel miners blockaded more than 440 workers underground in a South African gold mine Friday amid tensions that include a …