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The National Union of Mineworkers  (NUM), Chamber of Mines, Department of Minerals Resources (DMR) and Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Kinross Mine disaster tomorrow the 16th of September 2016.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) fully  support the demands of Diro Resources employees who are on strike demanding  their salaries which had not been paid since May 2016. Diro Resources is a Manganese and iron-ore producer based in Kathu Northern Cape.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) affiliated unions, namely the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU), the Police Prisons and Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) and the Chemical Energy Print Paper and Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU) will be jointly hosting the 17th World Trade Union Congress as from Wednesday, 5th October 2016 - until - Friday 07 October 2016 at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban, KZN. The...

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) welcomes the decision by the Pikitup board to remove former Managing Director Amanda Nair. Nair had been facing various allegations of corruptions from the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and was placed on special leave.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) woke up to outrageous and shocking statement attributed to Patrice Motsepe the Executive Chairman of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, where he said on Thursday he gave “his full backing to the once empowered, always empowered principle currently immorally persuade by the Chamber of Mines” quoting the Creamer Media.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) welcomes the decision by Khulubuse Zuma to pay R23 million in damages to the Pamodzi and Aurora liquidators.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in partnership with the Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) will celebrate the International Literacy Day on Saturday, 10 September 2016 to be hosted at Northam Platinum Mine in Limpopo. The event will start at 09h00. It will celebrate the achievements and importance of Adult Education and Training in the mining sector.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will fully support the takeover of the Thutsi Mine in Mpumalanga by the new investor. The NUM does not want to see a situation where employees get retrenched and lose their jobs. The company that was running the mine is in serious financial distress.

More than 1 500 members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members at Sibanye Gold Cooke 4 branch will be marching tomorrow against retrenchments and the closure of the operation. They will also be joined by the 850 contract workers.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) today joins thousands of employees and its members working at various African Rainbow Minerals Joint Ventures across the country in celebrating the maturation of the 5 year Employee Participation Fund.