In the case of a labour strike, the right to strike presents an additional complication that employers, mine management and contractors must consider. The right to strike is a fundamental pillar of labour relations in South Africa. It is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and further dealt with in the Labour …
More than 2,000 workers have remained underground Tuesday, Dec. 19 in two shafts at Implats' Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine in the North West province of South Africa for a second day in a …
RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Rebel miners blockaded more than 440 workers underground in a South African gold mine Friday amid tensions that include a …
More than 500 miners failed to emerge at the end of their night shift on Sunday, local media reported earlier this week. The NUM, the only formally recognised union at the mine, said they...
International Labor and Working-Class History No. 83, Spring 2013, pp. 137–142 This note reflects on the August 2012 miners' strike at Marikana, South Africa in light of a century long history of violence associated with worker actions in that country and elsewhere in the Global South. It suggests that the breakaway union's allegedly 'illegal ...
industry to operate normally due to many strikes. Because of the higher rate of unemployment in South Africa whenever in an area there is an opportunity for the mining ... The South African mining industries are experiencing many difficulties; one of them is the unrest of the communities protesting about unemployment and poverty. It is a …
In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's platinum industry. The strike lasted 5 months, ending in June 2014 when producers reached an agreement with the main labour unions.The immediate impacts on local mining towns were particularly severe, but our research shows that the strike …
Most accounts of the African miners' strike on the Witwatersrand in 1946 rely heavily on Dan O'Meara's pioneering article. 1 O'Meara argued that the 1946 strike reflected a trend toward the proletarianisation of black workers in South Africa (including miners) as they became increasingly separated from possession of the
The mining sector in South Africa, a cornerstone of the economy, is as much shaped by its labor relations and employment law dynamics as by its mineral wealth. In this industry, understanding and navigating the complex landscape of labor relations, including collective bargaining, strikes and compli
On 13 August, 30 miners were delegated to cross the veld (field) that separated them from another Lonmin platinum mine, Karee, where miners were also undergoing a wildcat strike. The 30 miners were forced by security to turn back without being allowed to meet with miners on the other side. On their way back they were met …
Introduction: Background to the Strike. The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the various groups in the four former colonies. The union was a victory for the British – especially for the 'uitlanders' (foreigners) and mining magnates – who wanted to unite the country; but it was a defeat …
ABSTRACT This article explores media representation of a strike at Lonmin Platinum Mine in Marikana in August 2012, in which the police gunned down 34 miners. Data was collected from randomly selected articles from South African English-language print media. My main argument is that the South African print media provided coverage …
South African miners are in the fifth week of a wildcat strike that has paralysed… Ovambo migrant workers general strike for rights, Namibia: 1971-72 In the winter of 1971-72 the economy of South West Africa …
In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction through peaceful demonstrations. Workers are also allowed by legislation to embark on strikes when disputes with their employers arise.
Army quells miners' strike, killing 214 1941 African workers formed the African Mine Workers Union 1943 In order to stave off the growing unrest among the African mine workers, the regime appointed a Commission of Enquiry 1946 They called a general strike. Nine men were killed, and seventy men were dismissed. The union was subsequently …
Fine and Rustomjee posit that South Africa has been a leading global supplier of minerals and mineral products for a long time.Neingo and Tholana aver that the mining industry in South Africa directly adds about 7% to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).Also, the industry is responsible for at least R540 billion in exports each …
The management of the mine refused to negotiate with the strike committee. After hiring non-union miners, it reopened the mine on 11 June 1913. General J.C. Smuts, a former minister of mines in South African and the current Minister of Defense and Finance and the acting minister of Justice in South Africa met with the strike committee on 19
After the Massacre: Life in South Africa's Platinum Mining Belt. On 16 August 2012, Thembisa Nkuzo was among a group of women who set out from their homes in Nkaneng settlement, in South Africa's platinum mining district, and began walking towards a rocky outcrop...
Over 2,000 mineworkers conclude a three-day underground strike at Impala Platinum's Bafokeng Rasimone mine in South Africa. More than 2,000 mineworkers end their underground sit-in at South Africa's Impala Platinum mine, resolving a three-day standoff ... Impala Platinum Mine Strike South African Mining Sector. Share 0 …
Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground as part of a union dispute were leaving a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, the union at the center of the standoff said.
South African studies on industrial action in the mining industry have examined the national economic effect of strikes in platinum mines, while others examined strike effects on financial ...
The unprotected underground protest action at Impala Bafokeng's platinum mine, which began on Monday, has ended with all miners safely returning to the surface …
GROUNDS FOR A STRIKE: SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINING IN THE 1940s By Wilmot G. James University of Cape Town Introduction The strike of about eighty thousand African gold miners in August 1946 has a special and romantic place in the annals of South African history. As an event it is celebrated in the popular
RAYMOND, Maine — South African miners at the Sibanye Stillwater Mine ended their three-month strike on June 6, 2022, due to promises of increased monthly wages and annual bonuses. Three days after the strike ended, the economic situation for South Africans improved even more as the rand officially strengthened globally, …
More than 100 miners who had been underground for nearly three days amid a standoff between rival South African labour unions have returned to the surface.
Protesters gather at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa on August 17, 2012 where the day before 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking mineworkers.
Gold One has succeeded in interdicting a strike in which more than 500 workers are being held "hostage" at its mine in Springs, allegedly by members of the …
Bafokeng mine strike has ended, disciplinary action to follow: Implats. 21 December 2023 - 08:25 By TimesLIVE . ... Shein's pop-up store ruffles South African retail sector South Africa .
A group of miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding around 500 of their colleagues underground for the second day at the mine over a union dispute. Some 15 miners have been injured in …
A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers. Big Events Have Small Beginnings . The beginning of the first real mass trade union for South Africa's black miners was a small event - so small that history records very little about it, save that the initiative came from a meeting of the Transvaal African National …
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