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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) welcomes the court ruling on the sentencing of Annikie Cynthia Setuke's murderer at the Palmridge High Court on the 27th of September 2016.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) took a conscious and deliberate decision not to sign the wage agreement with Anglo American Platinum because it does not benefit the mineworkers in the platinum belt.

The National Union of Mineworkers(NUM) members in all Sibanye Gold operations in the gold sector will embark on a massive march this coming Saturday (1st October 2016) to express their growing dissatisfaction and frustration arising out of the consistent attacks unleashed by Sibanye Gold against them.  

Over 500 members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at Impala Platinum Refineries in Springs are currently on a protected strike which started today after the NUM declared a wage dispute with the company at the CCMA.

The NEC of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) met from the 22nd – 23rd September 2016 at EBMTC, Midrand and among other things deliberated on the following;

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) recently launched the Sam Tambani Research Institute (SATRI). The Institute is tasked with undertaking research that has a bearing on the welfare of workers in general and informs policies and interventions aimed at making sure that workers interests are protected. 

NUM Press Alert,  23 September 2016 - The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will on Monday, the 26th of September 2016 at 10 am will  hold a post-NEC media conference at its Headquarters in Johannesburg.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has declared a wage dispute with Anglo Platinum Mine after the wage negotiations deadlocked. The NUM demands a wage increase of 14.5% while Anglo Platinum Mine’s offer was a mere 6.75%.

The National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure (NUM-YS) calls for the President of South Africa honourable Jacob Zuma to declare free education in the country as resolved by the 2007 ANC Polokwane Conference.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is shocked and disappointed to learn of an alleged sexual harassment incident involving a Manager at Assmang’s (Blackrock Operation in the Northern Cape), the victim an NUM member is being assisted by the union to get justice and thus ensuring the alleged perpetrator does not continue to interact with other employees in the operation.  What angers the union and its members at Black Rock, is the vile and disgusting treatment the employee received from the ...