Unrest spreads to South Africa gold mine
South Africa has been rocked by mining violence since August 16 when police shot and killed 34 striking miners at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana. The miners were demanding a 300 per cent pay rise.
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South Africa has been rocked by mining violence since August 16 when police shot and killed 34 striking miners at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana. The miners were demanding a 300 per cent pay rise.
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South Africa is one of the world's biggest producers of precious metals. It holds 80% of the world's known platinum reserves and is the fourth largest gold exporter. Some 15,000 workers employed ...
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Dec. 4, 2007. JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's crucial mining sector was hit Tuesday by the biggest strike in two decades as tens of thousands of workers stayed home to protest poor safety ...
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01:52. South Africa gold miners go on strike. Some 80,000 gold miners in South Africa have gone on a strike to call for higher pay, but their union has significantly scaled down its demands. The ...
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Updated 12:34 PM PDT, December 19, 2023. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — More than 2,000 workers remained underground for a second day Tuesday in a …
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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 ...
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Synopsis. In early 1922, white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike. The strike soon became a violent rebellion—sometimes known as the Rand Revolt—that pitted the white miners against the mine owners and the government. The workers' action was a response to the owners' plan to reduce wages and replace ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A major South African union says its tens of thousands of members will strike at platinum and gold mines this week, raising concerns of more damage to Africa's leading ...
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Picture COURTNEY AFRICA. Thousands of workers affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will today embark on a nationwide strike over the state of the economy, poor ...
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Some 90,000 South African gold miners are set to walk off the job, joining tens of thousands of other South African workers demanding higher pay. The strikes have emerged as a major threat to ...
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24 Aug 2022. Thousands of people took to the streets of Pretoria in a strike on Wednesday to protest against worsening economic conditions. The protest was organised by South Africa's eight ...
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SitRep: South Korea and the Military Option By Paul McLeary with Adam Rawnsley Pacific fleet commander speaks in Seoul. On Tuesday, just two days after North Korea's sixth and largest nuclear ...
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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 …
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Unravelling Urgent Interdicts and Labour Strikes in South Africa: A Balancing Act Of Rights. 07 December 2023. Historically, labour strikes within the …
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Lonmin's shares, which have fallen by more than a third so far this year, dropped by 4.5% to 610p on Monday. The company had been struggling before the strikes due to a collapse in the platinum ...
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South Africa has been hit by an investment strike, as the country's largest mining employer, Anglo American, announced that it plans to reduce its investment in the country. The announcement comes as the country continues to grapple with economic issues, including a recession and a high unemployment rate.
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On 12 August 1946, the biggest African Mine Workers' Strike in Witwatersrand in the Union of South Africa (now the Republic of South Africa) began. 60,000 workers in Witwatersrand refused to continue working for the miserable wages they were receiving. The miners were extracting gold from the Witwatersrand Ridge (a total of 48,000 tonnes …
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Русский. 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 negotiations at Sibanye Stillwater gold mines. The strike began with the night shift on 9 March after Sibanye Stillwater's fifth proposal on the wage negotiations ...
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Tebogo Mokwena. Posted: 18 December 2023 | Last updated: 18 December 2023. 2205 mine workers at ImPlats Platinum Mine have refused to come to the surface after their …
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South Africa's rail, port workers to strike over wages list 2 of 3 South Africa submits $8.5bn plan for greener energy list 3 of 3 South Africa power cuts may not end in a year, Eskom says end ...
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Bullion miner Gold Fields said about a quarter of its 46,000 workers have walked out in the first strike to affect South Africa's gold mining industry since violent protest shut down London-listed ...
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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. …
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South Africa: Sitrep 3 – a week of lootings and riots, where very little adds up. 11101 Views July 21, 2021 SITREPs amarynth. ... – Did the Zulu power bloc take the opportunity of a first strike against the current western-influenced ANC to save their lands and get their power back (also to hide their part of the capture of the state ...
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A strike in South Africa's gold mines began on Tuesday with some workers failing to go underground for the evening shift, despite an appeal by President Jacob Zuma for a solution to avert a stoppage that will hurt Africa's largest economy.
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Feb 14 (Reuters) – South African mining company Sibanye-Stillwater on Monday said it will meet unions this week over a looming strike at its gold operations in the country after some workers ...
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By Herman Moloi - 11 December 2023 - 07:10. image unavailable. Mineworkers at the Gold One mine in Springs. Image: Thulani Mbele. Three mine workers managed to escape …
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Mon 3 Sep 2012 09.42 EDT. Fears over violent unrest spreading in South Africa's mining industry grew on Monday after a police shooting at a gold mine left four workers in hospital, including one ...
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22 Nov 2022. Thousands of public sector workers in South Africa have embarked on a nationwide strike demanding better wages. Tuesday's "National Day of Action" comes after wage negotiations ...
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