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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) welcomes the settlement agreement reached over Optimum Coal Mine and Optimum Coal Terminal as settled in front of and ordered by the North Gauteng High Court.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Kimberley Region is deeply annoyed and disgusted by the arrogant behaviour displayed by Four Arrows Mining and Engineering Company.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Eastern Cape Region mourn the death of its two regional leaders who were brutally shot and killed on Sunday morning, 14 January 2024.

National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Rustenburg Region urges all workers at Impala Bafokeng The Platinum Mine to return to work with immediate effect on their next scheduled shifts as the company acceded to their demands.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is pleased to announce that Impala Bafokeng Platinum management has agreed to withdraw the suspensions that were issued to the 38 employees who were seen to have been the face of workers who staged a sit-in underground last year at the mine.

The National Union of Mineworkers calls on Impala Platinum's Bafokeng Rasimone Mine management not be hostile and dismiss more than 2,000 mineworkers who staged an underground sit-in at the mine this week. The workers came back to the surface on Wednesday ending a three-day impasse.

The National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure (NUMYS) held its National Committee Meeting from the 12th to the 13th of December 2023 at the Gallagher Hotel in Midrand. The NUM-YS met as part of the year planner that mandates it to meet quarterly to evaluate the progress as far as its program is concerned.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) convened its extended National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Silverstar Hotel in Krugersdorp on the 5th, 6th and 7th of December 2023. The NEC meeting dealt with several issues relating to the four sectors that we are organizing.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) can confirm 28 mineworkers who have chronic illnesses had come back to the surface yesterday at Bakubung Platinum Mine in Rustenburg. More than 250 NUM members still remain underground saying that they will come back if their demands are met.

The NUM Highveld Region has taken a decisive resolution to embark in a march to the office of the Presidency and the Department of Public Enterprises. The march is about calling for the government’s immediate intervention on the Transnet crisis that has resulted in a significant number of retrenchments within the coal mining areas around the country.