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The health of mine r s de V van Niekerk South African Medical
The importance of the mining industry can be gauged from a look at some figures – for example in 2009 the South African mining industry had over 1 000 mines An initially much better organised mining strike in 1922 led to the trade unions losing control to the Council of Action and the Communist Party who wanted a nbsp
Effects of the Mining Strikes on the South African Economy
18 Jul 2014 A wave of violent wildcat strikes that erupted periodically in 2012 rooted in a turf war between AMCU and the National Union of Mineworkers cost platinum and gold producers over R16 billion that year when the current account gap was 5 2 of gross domestic product GDP Mining production decreased nbsp
South Africa miners return to work after longest platinum strike
24 Jun 2014 MARIKANA South Africa Reuters Tens of thousands of South African platinum miners returned to work on Wednesday after wage deals ended the longest and most damaging strike in the country 39 s history The five month strike hit 40 percent of global production of the precious metal and has cost Lonmin nbsp
South Africa platinum strike ends June 2014 GOV UK
17 Jul 2014 0 1 Summary Five month long platinum strike ends Workers will reach target monthly wage of R12 500 within three years Although some companies may cut staff or operations to make mines profitable this is good news for the economy Reserve Bank hopes growth for 2014 will bounce back to 2
Strike ends in South Africa as wages to increase BBC News
A four week strike in South Africa 39s steel and engineering industries has come to an end after the country 39s biggest trade union sealed a deal with
South Africa girding for another platinum strike MINING com
10 Jul 2016 In what seems like an annual event platinum mining companies in South Africa are bracing for what could be another year of labour unrest The firms that mine the precious metal and the labour unions that represent their workers are in talks next week trying to hammer out a deal that could avert a strike of nbsp
Mining Journal Major Sa Coal Strike Avoided
23 Nov 2017 NUM and most mining companies agree to three year wage agreement
1 700 workers start strike 2 4km below Harmony mine Daily Maverick
12 Jan 2017 Cape Town – About 1 700 miners refused to return to the surface of Harmony Gold 39 s JSE HAR Kusasalethu mine in the West Rand on Wednesday with the miner saying they have embarked on an illegal sit in
South Africa mining strike damage is 39irreparable 39 BBC News
Leaders of South Africa 39s platinum mines have said the nine week long strike by workers has caused 39irreparable 39 damage and cost the sector nearly 1bn
South African Platinum Miners Agree to End Strike WSJ
23 Jun 2014 JOHANNESBURG South Africa 39 s main platinum mining union said Monday that its members agreed to a wage settlement that will end a five month strike the country 39 s longest that has left the industry 39 s labor ties in tatters The wage agreement falls short of the union demand to nearly triple all workers 39 nbsp
SA Labour News
SABC 39 s middle management officials freelancers asked to join Thursday 39 s wage strike Details Thursday 14 December 2017 06 18 sabc EWN reports that that the Communication Workers Union CWU indicated on Wednesday that it was in talks with middle management officials and freelancers at the SA Broadcasting nbsp
Marikana killings Wikipedia
The Marikana massacre which took place on 16 August 2012 was the single most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since 1960 The shootings have been described as a massacre in the South African media and have been compared to the Sharpeville massacre in 1960 The incident also nbsp
South Africa mining strike damage is 39 irreparable 39 BBC News
25 Mar 2014 Leaders of South Africa 39 s platinum mines have said the nine week long strike by workers has caused 39 irreparable 39 damage and cost the sector nearly 1bn
2014 South African platinum strike longest wage strike in South Africa
The three companies Impala Platinum Amplats and Lonmin suffered a total revenue loss of about R24 1billion during the strike and a further loss of R10 6 billion in wages The five month long strike affected both the workers and the mining companies The South African mining industry shed 20 000 jobs in the 12 months nbsp
South African coal miners strike over wages News DW 04 10 2015
4 Oct 2015 Around 30000 South African coal miners have gone on strike after negotiations fell through with the industry 39 s executives The union representing the miners is asking for a 14 percent pay increase amounting to 64 euros
39 End of South Africa 39 s platinum mine strike signals end of ANC
25 Jun 2014 Analysis This is the first significant action taken by a non ANC force in which black South Africans were in the van that led to very real change says Stephen Grootes
South Africa gold miners on strike at Anglo BBC News
Workers at a South African gold mine owned by AngloGold Ashanti begin a wildcat strike the latest labour unrest in the country 39s vital mining industry
Why South Africa 39 s Mining Strikes Are Symptoms Of A Much Bigger
11 Sep 2012 One of South Africa 39 s largest platinum producers Lonmin PLC reported this morning that only three percent of miners showed up to work on average across all shafts this morning 44 people have died in the dispute to date and experts are unsure To better the understand causes of the strikes and their nbsp
mining strike Mail amp Guardian
The Mail amp Guardian Online is South Africa 39 s oldest quality news source on the web and Africa 39 s first online newspaper
South African Miners Strike for Better Safety Conditions The New
5 Dec 2007 South Africa 39 s crucial mining sector was hit Tuesday by its biggest strike in two decades as tens of thousands of workers stayed home to protest poor safety conditions
2014 South African platinum strike Wikipedia
On 15 November 2014 workers at South Africa 39 s major platinum producers – Anglo American Platinum Impala Platinum and Lonmin – went on strike demanding that wages be immediately doubled However after five months of striking they settled for a more modest pay increase spread over three years It was the longest nbsp
Mining strikes shrink South Africa 39 s economy CNBC com
28 May 2014 Months of mining strikes in South Africa pushed its economy into contraction in the first quarter of this year and with no resolution in sight the outlook remains bleak South Africa 39 s real gross domestic product GDP decreased by 0 6 percent in the first three months of the year with growth in the mining and nbsp
South Africa gold miners call strike BBC News
BBC News ltbr gtSouth Africa gold miners call strike ltbr gtBBC News ltbr gtGold miners in South Africa have called a strike over their wage demands
Counting costs of South Africa 39 s mining strikes BizNews com
22 Jul 2014 South Africa 39 s mining strikes have hammered the economy far more than we realise warns Luke Alers of Dreadnought Capital
Miners on strike underground finally have food and medication
21 Sep 2017 Striking miners have finally been allowed to receive water and medication after spending several days underground in a wage protest South Africa Union NUM Tebogo Kgomongwe‚ NUM Finsch Mine deputy branch secretary‚ said the legal strike is continuing until an agreement is reached
Miners 39 Strike South Africa 1922 Dictionary definition of Miners
Miners 39 Strike South Africa 1922 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 39 action nbsp
The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South Africa An
In this paper we measure the economy wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa 39 s platinum industry 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 nbsp
South African platinum miners strike to demand higher wages
23 Jan 2014 Tens of thousands of workers at the world 39 s top three platinum producers downed tools on Thursday to demand higher wages halting most platinum mining operations in South Africa The strike which was called by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has affected operations at Anglo nbsp
SA seen avoiding another crippling platinum strike Fin24
20 May 2016 Johannesburg At least the world 39 s biggest platinum producer and the main South African labor union can agree on one thing before wage demands have even been set any disruption won 39 t be as painful as last time Anglo American Platinum Amplats JSE AMS and the Association of Mineworkers and nbsp
Commodities Report No Deal In South African Mine Strike
201466 South Africa 39s crippling strike in the platinum sector has entered its 20th week after the main mineworkers 39 union rejected a government bro
SAHA South African History Archive Early mineworkers 39 struggles
White workers on the mines had gone on strike a number of times but it was only during the First World War that the Chamber of Mines decided to recognise white trade unions In 1918 the South African Mineworkers 39 Union negotiated an agreement with the Chamber of Mines called the Status Quo Agreement
South Africa 39 s Marikana Massacre Prompting the Longest Strike in
16 Aug 2016 This was more than a year later in 2014 under the auspices of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union AMCU which took the country by storm The process culminated in the longest strike in South African mining history As one former committee member at Lonmin platinum mine put it nbsp
South African gold miners return to work BBC News
A South African gold miners 39 strike involving 80 000 workers has ended after employees at Harmony Gold accepted a final wage offer South Africans wer
Media Race and Capital A Decolonial Analysis of Representation
This article explores media representation of a strike at Lonmin Platinum Mine in Marikana in August 2012 in which the police gunned down 34 miners Data was collected from randomly selected articles from South African English language print media My main argument is that the South African print media provided nbsp
The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South Africa An
12 Nov 2014 Abstract In this paper we measure the economy wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa 39 s platinum industry 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 partic
