Why South Africa's Mining Strikes Are Symptoms of a Much ...
Sep 11, 2012· Miners Strike outside the Lonmin platinum minus on Sep. 10 AP Photo/Themba Hadebe The deadliest protests South Africa has seen since the end of …
Sep 11, 2012· Miners Strike outside the Lonmin platinum minus on Sep. 10 AP Photo/Themba Hadebe The deadliest protests South Africa has seen since the end of …
Aug 15, 2014· 10. 10. O n 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 …
Oct 02, 2020· South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) threatened on Friday to call a strike at mining companies De Beers, Exxaro and Petra Diamonds after failing to …
Jun 16, 2014· The longest strike in South Africa's history has ended. For nearly five long months, platinum miners affiliated to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) held out against the arrogance and intransigence of the platinum mine bosses. On Thursday the business press broke the news that an "in principle agreement" had been reached between the platinum mines and …
Mining is an important industry in South Africa, but it is also an industry with a damaging impact. Mining often pollutes the water, air and soil, and can disrupt farming activities and community life. Communities throughout South Africa struggle to defend their rights to their land, to their environment and to their resources when
Dec 03, 2007· South African miners to strike. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mines in South Africa, the world's top producer of precious metals, will fall silent at …
Mar 20, 2014· Mining strike hits SA macro and micro economy. Ed Stoddard. 20 Mar 2014. As South Africa's biggest post-apartheid mine strike marks its eighth week on Thursday, it is already denting growth and ...
Jun 23, 2014· South Africa's main platinum mining union said its members agreed to a wage settlement that will end a five-month strike, the country's longest.
the strike to disappear. We conduct our analysis using a dynamic CGE model of South Africa. JEL codes: C68, J52 Keywords: Platinum mining strike, computable general equilibrium, UPGEM 1 Introduction The labour strike in South Africa's platinum sector that started on 23 January 2014 became the country's largest and most expensive in history ...
South Africa is the world's fifth largest gold producer, with production of about 192 tonnes last year, and the threat of strike comes with gold prices at record highs.
Oct 02, 2020· South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) threatened on Friday to call a strike at mining companies De Beers, Exxaro and Petra Diamonds after failing to reach wage agreements.
Sep 03, 2013· Some 80,000 gold miners in South Africa, one of the world's biggest producers of the precious metal, have gone on strike, but have significantly reduced their demand for higher pay.
Mar 20, 2014· As South Africa's biggest post-apartheid mine strike marks its eighth week on Thursday, it is already denting growth and export earnings, and many of those affected are having to sell their most ...
The development of South Africa's mining industry, and how it laid the foundations for Apartheid Although some mining had taken place in what is now South Africa centuries before Europeans arrived, 1 the modern mining industry emerged as the major shaper of South Africa's economy and race relations in the latter half of the 19 th century ...
Mar 05, 2014· South Africa is a world leader in mining, and mining remains the back bone of the country's economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in Johannesburg around 1887. The country's huge and varied mineral reserves play a vital role in the economy, accounting for nearly half of the country's merchandise exports, including ...
Miners' Strike. South Africa 1922. Synopsis. In early 1922, white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike. The strike soon became a violent rebellion—sometimes known as the Rand Revolt—that pitted the white miners against the mine owners and the government.
prime minister and government of South Africa to intervene, and deal fairly with both the mine owners and strikers. On 3 July, the South African Engine Drivers' Association joined the strike. By 4 July, nearly every trade union in South Africa except for the railway workers union was striking in solidarity with the miners. On 4 July the
Feb 22, 2019· South Africa mining strike to spread to at least 15 firms -Minerals Council By Reuters - 22 February 2019 - 15:48 The 15 mining firms will …
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 …
The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise …
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In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's platinum industry. The strike lasted five 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
Feb 01, 2014· Sat Feb 1, 2014 12:00 AM. Leaders of a militant South African mining union vowed to strike for a month if necessary, as wage talks resumed yesterday after the …
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 could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South African …
Mar 25, 2014· South Africa mining strike damage is 'irreparable'. Leaders of South Africa's platinum mines have said the nine-week long strike by workers has caused 'irreparable…
Aug 31, 1987· More than 250,000 black miners agreed today to end South Africa's largest and costliest strike after three weeks. The gold and coal miners failed to win any improvement over a pre-strike …
Feb 07, 2015· However, the ramifications for Rustenburg, for South Africa, and for the entire mining industry were severe and far-reaching, and the full impact still not quantified. Impala Platinum, which mines, refines and sells platinum group metals, is one of the three big mining companies affected by the strike action, together with Anglo Platinum and ...
Such events are rooted in a strike led by the African Mine Workers' Union in August 1946. Miners of the Witwatersrand were demanding higher pay: an extra 10 shillings a day. The strike went on for a week despite what South African History Online describes as "the most savage police terror". Officially, the police and army attacked the ...
Oct 04, 2015· The fate of the South African mining industry is once again in the hands of striking workers. ... The unions and striking workers will strike South Africa into the ground!!!! I …
Aug 17, 2012· Video shows workers under a hail of bullets shot by police. The police say they were trying to protect their own lives.For more CNN videos, check out our You...
Apr 08, 2015· The move comes ahead of wage talks in South Africa's coal, gold and diamond sectors expected to begin next month. In March, the NUM said it may …
the mining income to the GDP from 2002 to 2011 thus making it an important economic sector in South Africa (Chamber of Mines South Africa, 2012). The South African unionised labour market is particularly active when it comes to wage negotiations which often results in strike action, however in …
The Marikana massacre was the killing of 34 miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS). It took place on 16 August 2012, and was the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since 1976. The massacre has been compared to the 1960 Sharpeville massacre. The incident took place on the 25th anniversary of a nationwide miners' strike.
Oct 08, 2020· South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) threatened on Friday to call a strike at mining companies De Beers, Exxaro, and Petra Diamonds after failing to reach wage agreements. NUM, one of the biggest mining unions in South Africa, said it had secured a certificate to stage a strike after talks on a wage settlement