In what has been described as a tragic event by the ANC, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), on Friday voted to oust the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) from the powerful...
Read more » The classic Mexican standoff requires three opponents, all with guns aimed at each other. Each side wants something, that will require a concession to be made, but what they offer is considered by the other sid...
Read more » Despite a dwindling economy and a weakened rand, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has assured those concerned about the rand’s performance that the currency, which reached a four-year low last Thursday, wi...
Read more » Following almost three weeks of silence, President Jacob Zuma finally addressed the country’s labour unrest issue yesterday, urging labourers, companies and unions to act with the nation’s best interests in...
Read more » The South African government’s lack of leadership skills, accompanied by its failure to understand the social and political activities currently underway in the mining sector are to blame for the brewin...
Read more » About 120 striking workers at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine, in the Northern Cape, have been dismissed, the company said. Mine spokesman Gert Schoeman said the illegal strikers, who had occupied the mine s...
Read more » Sinethemba Mandyoli— The PAYCO in the Western Cape would like to send our deepest and sincerest condolences to the families of the mine workers that died yesterday 16 August 2012. It is our obligations as a m...
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