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The 7th Annual JB Marks Career Exhibition 2018 heads to Richards Bay.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the JB Marks Education Trust Fund will hold the 7th Annual Career Expo at Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. The 2018 edition of the annual JB Marks Career Exhibition is heading to Richards Bay from 23 to 24 April at the Zululand Chamber of Business Foundation (ZCBF). This year will see JB Marks Education Trust Fund, in partnership with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Basic Education, reach an estimated target of 7 500 grade 11 and 12 learners over 2 days...
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NUM is outraged about lies being fabricated in the media after the arrest of mineworkers in Marikana.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has noted the narrative perpetuated by some media houses about the recent arrests of mineworkers in Marikana associated with killings of other mineworkers. As NUM, we state categorically clear that all the 13 accused people are members and former leaders of AMCU except for Petersen Siyaya and Nkosinathi Mantashe. Petersen Siyaya and Nkosinathi Mantashe are NUM members. Petersen Siyaya is an NUM member who was assisting AMCU members with employee relations ...
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UNCONDITIONAL RETRACTION OF ALLEGATIONS AND APOLOGY TO SIBANYE GOLD LIMITED
“We are calling on Sibanye Gold to take full responsibility of our member's death after they failed to provide security to protect him. Sibanye Gold management at Cooke operations were informed and warned of a plan to attack our members by these hooligans, but they did nothing. They even refused to call the SAPS to come and protect our members.
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NUM welcomes the arrests of five suspects in Limpopo
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is pleased and welcomes the quick response from the police after the arrests of five suspects who petrol bombed the bus which was carrying the mineworkers to Modikwa Platinum mine on Sunday.
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NUM in Kwazulu-Natal is disappointed by Eskom's decision to retrench
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in Kwazulu-Natal is shocked to learn from the article published on Fin24 on the 03/04/2018 that suggests that Eskom will be embarking on retrenchment process. In an email sent to all employees, Eskom said they are rolling out a plan to manage our employee numbers to optimal levels
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NUM is highly angered after the ANC led government signed the 27 IPPs contracts
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) views the signing of the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) today by the communist turned capitalist Minister Jeff Radebe as an insult to the working class and the poor. We are highly angered that the ANC led government has signed the outstanding 27 IPPs contracts. The clean energy project is hijacked by the capitalist for their narrow capitalist interests. The ANC led government is privatizing Eskom through the back door to satisfy their Davos handlers a...
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Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela has passed on and we shall soldier on.
It is with great sadness to learn of the passing on of the great mother and heroin comrade Winnifred Nomzamo Madikizela Mandela. Sadly and inevitably the Tower has fallen.This Pylon of our struggle lies silent though revolutionary to the finish.This tower of women strength was not an ivory tower of the biblical sense. She was a tower of working-class hope and strife. For the people of Bradford, Orange Farm, Kliptown, and many more destitute areas. She turned a junkyard into semblances of hope tr...
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NUM Youth Structure mourns the passing away of Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM-YS) mourns the passing away of the mother of the nation mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela yesterday (Monday) afternoon.
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The NUM strongly condemns the  brutal killing of six workers at Burgersfort in Limpopo
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is deeply shocked and saddened after six workers died and several were seriously injured when a petrol bomb was thrown at a bus transporting them to work at Modikwa Platinum Mine outside Burgersfort in Limpopo last night at 10 pm.
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NUM wishes all its members safe and happy Easter holiday
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) wishes all its members in mining, energy, and construction sectors and their families safe and happy Easter holiday.
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About Us
The National Union of Mineworkers was founded in 1982.

Its birth was facilitated by comrades Cyril Ramaphosa who rose to be its first General Secretary, James Motlatsi who turned to be its first President, and Elijah Barayi who became its Vice President and later the President of Cosatu in 1985 when the federation was formed. porn