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South Africa Sibanye Stillwater Mineworkers Intensify Their Strike
02/06/2022· The gold miners strike is setting the stage for future struggles to come in the mining sector as a whole. This shines a spotlight on the ongoing struggles that mining affected communities face against greedy multinational companies that care only about extracting as much wealth from the land and workers as they can get away with. The bosses are
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Unions on strike at South African gold mines IndustriALL
10/03/2022· According to South African labour laws, labour disputes can be referred to the CCMA for conciliation. According to the NUM, the unions are demanding an increase of R1000 (US$65) per month for surface and underground miners, and 6 per cent for artisans, miners, and officials. William Mabapa, NUM acting general secretary says:
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A history of mining in South Africa (ZA)
Such events are rooted in a strike led by the African Mine Workers Union in August 1946. Miners of the Witwatersrand were demanding higher pay: an extra 10 shillings a day. The strike went on for a week despite what South African History Online describes as the most savage police terror. Officially, the police and army attacked the
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Miners strike in South Africa Socialist Worker
01/10/2013· South African platinum miners at Amplats mines around Rustenburg came out on strike on Friday of last week against 3,300 planned redundancies.
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Miners' Strike: South Africa 1922 Encyclopedia
In early 1922, white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike. The strike soon became a violent rebellionsometimes known as the Rand Revoltthat 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 the well
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the mining sector in south africa
17/02/2020 We take a look at a few highlights/low lights of South Africa's mining industry as published by Statistics South Africa Exactly a week after delegates closed the 26 th Investing in African Mining Indaba, Stats SA released data on the performance of the mining industry in 2019 The level of production was 1,3% lower in 2019 than 2018, which in turn was 2,1%
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Mining industry in South Africa statistics facts Statista
20/10/2021· Industrial scale mining in South Africa began in the 1850s with the establishment of the first copper mine. Then, in 1867, diamonds were discovered in Hopetown, and in 1870 gold was discovered
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Mining strikes: The costs to SAs economy SAnews
05/03/2014· Mining strikes: The costs to SAs economy Wednesday, March 5, 2014 South Africa is a world leader in mining, and mining remains the back bone of the countrys economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in Johannesburg around 1887.
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Report on the recent South African miners' strike libcom
12/03/2012· Last year The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry expressed concern at the violence, damage to property and intimidation that is being experienced during the current wave of strike action in South Africa. The desperation of the combatants in the class war are coming to the surface once more. One of the contradictions in the current rising tide is
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History of mining in South Africa: The key events throughout time
20/05/2019· The Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy reported that the number of gold miners employed in cheap black labour jumped from 14,000 in 1890 to 534,000 in 1986. The paper also notes that as mineral reserves run low, miners demand better working conditions, and itinerant workers move back to their homes and families, the mining
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South African miners strike for higher wages, 1946
Local African National Congress leaders were arrested and tried for treason and sedition. Workers at 32 of the 45 mines on the Rand had participated in the strike. Hundreds of workers were arrested, tried, imprisoned, or deported. A total of 1,248 miners on strike were wounded and nine were killed.
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Mining industry of South Africa
The South African mining industry is frequently criticized for its poor safety record and high number of fatalities but conditions are improving. Total fatalities were 533 in 1995 and had fallen to 199 in 2006. The overall fatality rate in 2006 was 0.43 per 1,000 per annum but this hides some important differences.
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Miners' Strike: South Africa 1946 Encyclopedia
In August 1946 the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU) in South Africa called a strike of black miners in the country's Witwatersrand gold producing region. The strike was the first widespread action taken by African workers since 1920. Nearly 100,000 black workers struck, completely or partially shutting down 13 mines.
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List of Top Mining Companies in South Africa 2020
07/04/2021· 3 List of Gold Mines in South Africa 3.1 1. Savuka Gold Mine 3.2 2. Mponeng Gold Mine 3.3 3. Palabora Mining Company 3.4 4. Asanko Gold 3.5 5. Buffelsfontein Gold Mine Top Mining Companies in South Africa Among the various South African mining companies in the country, the following are some of the top companies in that field. 1. Anglo American
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The African Mine workers strike of 1946 South African History
The Strike: Five days that shook South Africa. Day One: Monday, 12 August. The strike began on Monday 12 August 1946, on the early morning shift. The strike call was ignored by many miners, and the union was unable to oversee the strike, especially after many organisers were arrested on the second day of the strike. The absence of leadership
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Report on the recent South African miners' strike libcom
12/03/2012· Report on the recent South African miners' strike Report on the recent 6 week wildcat strike at Impala Platinum's Rustenberg operation, the biggest platinum mine in the world, including a timeline and a bit of background information. Submitted by loveletters on
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South Africa: Mining unions extend strike over pay rise demands
05/05/2022· 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 demanding a 63 US
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Mining strikes Eyewitness News
The South African mining industry is under pressure from sinking metal prices and soaring costs. 2280 days ago . Deal clinched with producers brings end to coal strike. NUM chief negotiator Peter
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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. The union was a victory for the British especially for the uitlanders (foreigners) and mining magnates who wanted to unite the country; but it was a defeat for Afrikaners such as
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The dangerous world of illegal mining in South Africa BBC News
29/05/2022· Inside South Africas abandoned gold mines. Video, 00:09:19 Inside South Africas abandoned gold mines
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South Africa Mining and Industrial News African Mining Market
27/05/2022· Current and comprehensive mining and industrial, market data and investing news in South Africa. Apr 2022 .
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South Africa's competition court to rule on Sibanye and Lonmin
10/05/2019· South Africa's Competition Appeals Court will rule next week on a union request to block the mining deal in which Sibanye Stillwater intends to
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South Africa: Marikana Pulitzer Center
28/07/2015· These miners were violent extremists, responsible for the deaths of several members of the security forces as well as many of their fellow workers in the preceding few days. Their strike was illegal, and opposed even by their own trade union, and it was dragging South Africa's economy into the mire. High on drugs and persuaded by a local
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The dangerous world of illegal mining in South Africa BBC News
29/05/2022· Inside South Africas abandoned gold mines. Video, 00:09:19 Inside South Africas abandoned gold mines
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Marikana massacre
The Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16 August 2012, during a wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, Rustenburg, North West province, South Africa.The massacre constituted the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since the Soweto uprising in 1976, and
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A history of mining in South Africa (ZA)
Such events are rooted in a strike led by the African Mine Workers Union in August 1946. Miners of the Witwatersrand were demanding higher pay: an extra 10 shillings a day. The strike went on for a week despite what South African History
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The 1913 Mineworkers Strike South African History Online
African mineworkers were beginning to realise their collective power, and went on strike at Dutoitspan, Voorspoed and Village Deep mines in January 1911. But they were brutally forced back to work by police and white miners. Many were jailed under the Masters and Servants Act. White union members and the Labour Party turned a blind eye.
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South Africa's Mining Industry South African Market Insights
17/02/2020· The mining and quarrying industry declined by 10.8% quarter on quarter seasonally adjusted and annualised based on the latest GDP numbers released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) for Q1:2019. Decreases in production was recorded for Iron Ore and Coal (for Q1:2019 compared to Q4:2018). And we know coal mining is currently the biggest
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Mining strikes Eyewitness News
The South African mining industry is under pressure from sinking metal prices and soaring costs. 6 years ago Deal clinched with producers brings end to
