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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) PWV Region regard the march tomorrow against the IPPs as the beginning of a protracted war against the attack directed on working class and the poor by the South African government through IPPs and the closure of power stations and coal mines which will cause many workers to join the army of unemployed and throw millions of South African population into a sea of poverty.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) does not support what is currently happening at Eskom and we are vehemently opposed to the Department of Energy signing the 27 IPPs agreements, retrenchments, privatisation of Eskom, closure of power stations and coal mines.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) to hold a press conference to provide details of the march against the Independent Power Producers ( IPPs), looming retrenchments at Eskom and the privatisation of the power utility through backdoors.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is gearing itself up for an inter-sectorial march to be staged at the Unions Building in Pretoria next week on the 17th of November 2018. We call upon all workers organised in the mining, energy and construction sectors, community members, truck associations, our sister unions in Cosatu, the ANC alliance partners to prepare themselves so that they can join us on the 17th November 2018 to peacefully march in a protest against the Independent Power Producers...

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is flabbergasted to learn that the struggling Eskom is engaging its senior executives on a Section 189 process. The Labour Relations Act (LRA) requires that if affected workers are members of the union, the union must be consulted on behalf of its members. The NUM has not received any notification of Section 189 wherein Eskom contemplates operational dismissals.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) PWV region is highly perturbed and disappointed by the decision taken by Gold Fields’ South Deep mine to retrench about 1 500 employees with the intention of saving costs. That cannot happen at the expense of poor workers.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in Highveld has noted with utter disgust a reckless statement made by Greenpeace Africa. Greenpeace Africa analysis has identified Mpumalanga as the world’s largest air pollution hotspot across six continents.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) calls for the lifting of US embargo against Cuba that has been going on for more than 60 years. The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba for almost six decades is evil, deplorable, unjust, severe and extended system of unilateral sanctions ever applied against any country.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) President Joseph Montisetse and the Treasurer General Mpho Phakedi would lead the KwaZulu-Natal recruitment campaign at Somkhele Coal Mine in Mtubatuba this coming Sunday. The President and the Treasurer General will be joined by KwaZulu-Natal Regional Office Bearers, branch leadership, and relevant branch organizer. This program emanates from the national congress resolution that seeks to re-enforce recruitment within the organization. The recruitment c...

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has served Murray and Roberts Cementation a notice to resume with a strike on Thursday 25th October 2018 from 6 am in all operations. Murray and Roberts Cementation is sub-contracted to Venetia Mine owned by De Beers Group.