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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) does not welcome  take over  of Anglo American Platinum operations in Rustenburg by Sibanye Gold at the start of November this year.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) can confirm that 66 Rock Drill Operators who staged a sit-in underground have resurfaced from underground here at Gold One Mine in Springs.

The National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure (NUM-YS) supports the country-wide student protests calling for free education under the slogan #FeesMustFall as led by South African Student Congress (SASCO). We condemn the violence that has erupted in the process, we are calling for students to isolate and expose those with different agendas.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) can confirm that 66 Rock Drill Operators who are members of the NUM have staged a sit in underground since 11 October 2016 at Gold One Modder East Operations in Springs.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM-YS) calls on students from all universities to expose and isolate elements of thuggery and the barbaric actions that are hell bent on destroying the universities infrastructure.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will hold a mass meeting at Sibanye Gold Cooke Operations tomorrow (12 October 2016)  at 4 pmWestonaria. Joseph Montisetse, NUM Deputy President will address the mass meeting at Cooke 3 hostel. This is after NUM members were attacked and injured by alleged AMCU members last week and led to the death of our member Ranthimo Nkosi. The media is invited to attend and report about the mass meeting.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in the Western Cape strongly condemns the persisting racists’ practices in certain work places in our province such as CSV Construction. In the immediate the CSV construction company which members of NUM are employees has been engaged in such a backward and apartheid practises. White bigots in the company have called our members “Kaffirs”.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is extremely angry and saddened after two of its branch leaders at Sibanye Gold Cooke operations in Westonaria were attacked and critically injured while going to work this morning. We can confirm that two NUM branch at Cooke operations were attacked and critically injured while going to work this morning by alleged AMCU members who blockaded all the main gates of Cooke operations and threatening workers not to go to work.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a 2- year wage agreement with Impala Platinum Limited (Refineries). This agreement is effective from the 1st of July 2016 to 30 June 2018. The NUM wishes to express its sincere gratitude to its members at Impala Platinum Limited (Refineries) for the manner in which they behaved during the negotiation period until they gave us the mandate to sign this agreement.

The National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure (NUM-YS) held its ordinary National Committee Meeting on the 29-30 September 2016 in its College, Elijah Barayi Memorial Training Centre in Midrand. The meeting received organisational and Political reports. The meeting engaged on the recent local government elections and the current political challenges facing the movement received a special attention particularly the issue of free education for the poor.