Mining Strike In South Africa

The 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike | South African History Online

Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the various groups in the four former colonies

South African union threatens strike at ... - Mining Zimbabwe

Oct 08, 2020 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

Mining Strike Impacts South African Economy | Voice of

Mar 20, 2014 RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - As South Africa's biggest post-apartheid mine strike marks its eighth week on Thursday, it is already denting growth and export earnings, and many of

The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South

the strike to disappear. We conduct our analysis using a dynamic CGE model of South Africa. JEL codes: C68, J52 Keywords: Platinum mining strike, computable general equilibrium, UPGEM 1 Introduction The labour strike in South Africa’s platinum sector that started on 23 January 2014 became the country’s largest and most expensive in history

MINERS END STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH NO WAGE

Aug 31, 1987 The strike, although ostensibly over wages and working conditions, was widely seen as the beginning of a battle for South Africa's wealth between

South Africa mining strike to spread to at least 15 firms

Feb 22, 2019 At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater who

Platinum Miners Win Reprieve as South Africa Strike

Feb 28, 2019 Court reserves decision over interdict on labor action Union had planned to start strike with night shift Thursday The world’s biggest platinum miners won a reprieve after a South African

The impact of the 2014 platinum mining strike in South

Dec 01, 2015 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 could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South

Assassins of South African trade unionist at large as

Aug 23, 2021 Four days after the public assassination of Malibongwe Mdazo, an organizer of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the South African police are yet to make an arrest. Mdazo had led the strike last month by 7,000 workers in Rustenburg city’s five mining companies contracted to Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats

Strike - Strike Technologies

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Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader

May 19, 2015 The long read: In 2012 a strike at the Marikana mine in South Africa ended in the killing of 34 miners. Investigations have revealed one man emerged who

Another day, another wildcat strike on South Africa’s

Over that period, there was either a service delivery protest or wildcat strike or march every second day that impacted mining operations in one way or the other

SAIMM - Mining insights: Curbing protracted and violent

Feb 07, 2018 South Africa on verge of nice breakthroughs in hydrogen, says new SAIMM president 17th August 2021 By Martin Creamer. Speaking to Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview, Geldenhuys expressed the view that all the big mines with big moving machinery will have the opportunity to move away from diesel and switch to a hydrogen-based fuel system because of the contained ecosystem

Effects of the Mining Strikes on the South African Economy

Jul 18, 2014 Mining production decreased by 6,5% year-on-year in May 2014, reports Statistics SA. The crippling strike action that began on 23 January in the platinum sector has had a negative impact on total mining production. The largest negative growth rates were recorded for PGMs (-48,5%), other non-metallic minerals (-13,3%) and building materials (-11

30,000 coal miners go on strike in South Africa

Oct 05, 2015 The strike is expected to worsen, and comes at a time when South Africa is facing a severe shortage of electricity. The country meets approximately 77% of its energy needs from coal. South Africa consumes almost three quarters of the 255 million tonnes of coal produced domestically

Workers strike at Anglo’s coal mine in South Africa

Apr 08, 2015 The move comes ahead of wage talks in South Africa’s coal, gold and diamond sectors expected to begin next month. In March, the NUM said it may

Nine Years On, Still No Justice for the Dead of Marikana

Aug 16, 2021 On 16th August 2012, the South African Police shot dead 34 platinum rock drillers on strike for a living wage from Lonmin (London Mining). Lonmin used to be a subsidiary of Lonrho, a notorious company founded during Cecil Rhodes’ brutal white supremacist occupation of southern Africa. The miners were on strike for a wage of R12,500 a month