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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region which is located in Mpumalanga where majority of Eskom Power Station are situated, had a meeting with Minister Gordhan last week Friday (27 January 2023).

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) applauds the decision taken by the Department of Health to roll out a massive screening, verification, medical examination and payment benefits programme for eligible former mineworkers who contracted tuberculosis and or silicosis while working in certain mines between March 1965 and December 2019.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region is flummoxed and perturbed by the decision taken by Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) confirming and affirming that Optimum Coal Mine will cease exporting Coal through the terminal by the 31st January 2023.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) through its entity, the JB Marks Education Trust Fund, has once again issued out bursaries to its own members and their families in an effort to educate and empower them.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region is greatly concerned and worried about the continued roll-out of stage 6 load-shedding by the power utility, Eskom.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) wishes all its members in the Mining, Energy, and Construction and Metal sectors a merry christmas and a prosperous new year.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) congratulates and welcomes the newly elected top 7 ANC officials elected at the National Elective Congress held at Nasrec, Gauteng Province.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) warmly welcomes the long overdue resignation of Eskom Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andre de Ruyter.

The funeral details of the late six National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) leaders who died in horrific car accident on the 27th November 2022 in Mpumalanga are as followed:

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will tomorrow (Tuesday 6th December 2022) remember and honour its fallen heroes and heroin Bonginkosi Mrasi, Zukile Maskot, Lulama Madyosi, Thantaswa Sikani, Retshidisitswe Mbirha and Dumisani Futshana at a memorial service organised as followed: