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The JB Marks Alumni Executive together with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) North East Region to host the second edition of the 2019 Alumni Career Guidance Days scheduled to take place at St. Francis Catholic Academy on Saturday, 16 March in Thokwaneng, Ga-Chuene, Lebowakgomo in Limpopo.

About 1 500 members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at Dwarsrivier mine have resolved to intensify strike action that will further brought production in the company to a standstill. The company's management continues to be arrogant towards workers demands.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in Kimberley Region is deeply concerned by the arrogance that is being displayed by the Frontier Mining Projects for refusing to pay its members their outstanding salaries since December 2018.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has noted Eskom’s appointment of a technical review team that will conduct a rapid review of operations maintenance as well as the technical environment at its power stations.

About 1 500 members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have embarked on a protected strike at Dwarsrivier mine to force the company to comply with the Labour Relations Act, and improve the conditions of employment as stipulated in the Act.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has noted the release earlier today of the health and safety statistics 2018 by Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe.

The National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure (NUMYS) held its special National Youth Committee (NYC) meeting with the attendance of all its 11 regions on the 9th of February 2019 to discuss preparations for its upcoming branch, regional and national conferences that must take place this year.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) urges all its members in the mining, energy and construction sectors to fully participate in the COSATU marches across the country to avert continuing job losses in the country.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 February 2019) convene a media briefing to clearly communicate way forward with regard to the proposed business model announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the State of the Nation Address to split up Eskom into three entities, i.e Generation, Transmission, and Distribution.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) totally rejects the proposed business model announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the State of the Nation Address last night to broke up Eskom into three parts, Generation, Transmission, and Distribution. President Cyril Ramaphosa also confirmed that non-core assets of Eskom would be sold. The unbundling of Eskom will result in massive job losses and retrenchments in provinces like Mpumalanga.