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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) can confirm that Eskom has collapsed the wage negotiations. Eskom has declared a dispute with the trade unions. The NUM will wait for the CCMA date for conciliation.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strongly condemns the ongoing failure by Denel Land Systems to pay the salaries of workers. The situation of workers in the Denel Land systems in the past 12 months is beyond crisis, with some workers resorting to committing suicide as a solution.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is deeply concerned and worried about the prevalence of Covid-19 infections at the workplaces especially in mining, energy, construction and metal sectors where the NUM organises.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) confirms it has submitted its consolidated key wage demands for the years 2021 to 2023 to the gold sector employers yesterday.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have been provoked by the Eskom GCEO Andre De Ruyter and the executive management of the SOE who totally refuse to engage meaningfully in the wage negotiations at Eskom.

The National Union of Mineworkers in KwaZulu Natal is deeply concerned and worried about the state of the mining sector in the Province, following a one-day regional Shopstewards council meeting that took place on the 15th of May 2021 at Umhlathuze auditorium which was attended by the NUM President Joseph Montisetsi and 50 delegates from the mining branches of the NUM.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will be holding an urgent joint press briefing to update the media and the public on the latest Eskom wage talks.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is saddened and highly shocked by the misleading statement authored by Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha which indicates that the average salary of an Eskom employee is R737 000.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) together with COSATU and community structures around Lily Mine will be marching today to the Nelspruit Magistrate Court to hand over a memorandum of grievances.

The National Union of Mineworkers convened its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the Elijah Barayi Memorial Training College on the 22nd to 23rd April 2021.