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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strongly denies the monstrous lies conveyed to the mainstream media by cement and building materials producer Lafarge Holcim South Africa that the NUM has accepted the company's 8 percent salary increase.

Following recent allegations of racism at AfriSam’s Ulco operation and a resultant march on 4 February 2016 by NUM members and a number of media statements, senior management of AfriSam and leadership of the NUM met on 16 February 2016 to engage in constructive dialogue on this matter. The outcome of this meeting paved the way to ensure that a harmonious working relationship between both parties is restored

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is extremely disgusted and saddened with De Beers after it issued Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act of 1995 to retrench 152 workers at its Venetia Diamond Mine in Limpopo.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Health and Safety Secretary Erick Gcilitshana is currently visiting Vantage Goldfields Lily Mine in Barberton Mpumalanga.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Impala Platinum Refineries branch members are angry and disappointed with the management after they refused to accept the memorandum of their grievances during their march yesterday in Springs.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) East London branch held what was supposed to be a bilateral meeting between the NUM East London branch and the National Executives of Eskom Distribution.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Impala Refineries branch members will embark on a march today in Springs where they will be handing a memorandum of their grievances to Impala Management.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) National Women Structure supports the Congress of the South African Trade unions (COSATU) on its call to the Republic of the South African President Jacob Zuma to scrap the new tax Law amendment act which was enacted on the 24 December 2015 to be effective on the 1 March 2016. The Act does not only deprive workers the right to decide on where to invest, where to save and how to spend their hard earned monies.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) welcomes the announcement made by the Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane to compensate the families of the three mineworkers trapped in a container some 80m underground at Vantage Goldfields Lily mining mine in Barberton that they will each receive R200 000 and the surviving miners R50 000.

The National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure (NUM-YS) held its first National Committee Meeting for the year 2016 starting from 28th to the 29th of January 2016 at Elijah Barayi Memorial Training Centre in Midrand.