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22 May 2013
                       
 
 
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15 Jan 2013
 
 
Govt, unions blamed for Amplats cuts
JOB CUTS
Government and unions could be blamed for the planned retrenchment of about 14 000 Anglo American Platinum workers, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. "[This]...is a consequence of the toxic...
 
 
NUM calls for talks with Amplats
LABOUR
The National Union of Mineworkers plans to negotiate with Anglo American Platinum to prevent the company from retrenching 14 000 workers, the union said on Tuesday. "The NUM will engage the company...
 
 
11 Dec 2012
 
Migrant labour's home deprivation ‘inhumane’ – Ramaphosa
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
The practice of migrant workers returning to their homes only once or sometimes twice a year was inhumane, Shanduka executive chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa wrote in a Chamber of Mines-...
 
 
03 Dec 2012
 
Next Jobs Fund bidding round opens as 54 projects move ahead
JOBS FUND
The third bidding round for employment-rich initiatives seeking to access funding from the South African government’s R9-billion Jobs Fund has officially opened, with 54 projects having been...
 
 
SA: Statement by the National Treasury, Jobs Fund opens third call for proposals (03/12/2012)
STATEMENT
The third call for proposals is a request for applications from initiatives in enterprise development and infrastructure. Due to over-subscription in previous funding rounds, applications for the...
 
 
20 Nov 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – November 20, 2012.
PODCAST
South Africa's government-allied mining union has lost up to 20 000 members since the start of 2012, a year marked by painful strikes and loss of life.
 
 
07 Nov 2012
 
SA: Statement by Andre Venter, UASA Spokesperson, on liberating collective bargaining (07/11/2012)
STATEMENT
UASA welcomes NUM general secretary Frans Baleni’s article in today’s edition of The Star, in which he elaborates about the history of collective bargaining and concludes by suggesting...
 
 
03 Oct 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 3, 2012.
PODCAST
Professor Jonathan Jansen said that Government could no longer deny there was a crisis in education when it only worked for a small percentage of middle-class children. Jansen called on every...
 
 
02 Oct 2012
 
NUM, Cosatu demand reopening of wage agreements
LABOUR
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and government have called for the reopening and an early review of wage agreements in the mining...
 
 
20 Sep 2012
 
'Jobs bloodbath' in mining – NUM
MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA
About 10 000 jobs could be lost in the mining industry, National Union of Mineworkers' (NUM) general secretary Frans Baleni said on Thursday. "We are talking about 10 000 jobs lost," he told media...
 
 
18 Aug 2012
 
SA: Statement by Abahlali, describing Marikana Mine workers massacre a war on the poor (18/08/2012)
STATEMENT
It’s now two days after the brutal, heartless and merciless cold blood bath of 45 Marikana mine workers by the South African Police Services. This was a massacre! South Africa is the most...
 
 
30 May 2012
 
SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, at the Gala Dinner to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the National Union of Mineworkers, Johannesburg (30/05/2012)
Topics
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe: Programme Director, thank you very much for your warm words of welcome. However, there is a protocol matter that we need to correct, because you invited the...
 
 
11 Aug 2011
 
Nationalisation highly improbable, says Chamber of Mines CEO
Nationalisation
Nationalisation is highly unlikely to be implemented in South Africa, Chamber of Mines (CoM) CEO Bheki Sibiya said on Thursday.
 
 
20 Jun 2011
 
Nationalisation will make 2002 JSE loss seem 'teacup storm'
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
The R52-billion that was wiped off the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in 72 hours when the Mining Charter was leaked in 2002 will look like a “storm in a teacup” compared with the impact of...
 
 
10 Jun 2011
 
Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions spokesperson, condemning unilateral appointments in Eskom (10/09/2011)
Statements

The Congress of South African Trade Unions totally supports the National Union of Mineworkers’ objection to the failure to consult the union over major restructuring of the Eskom...

 
 
 
                       
 
 
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