The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has applauded the establishment of a crime combating and reaction team by Police Minister Bheki Cele in response to violence which it says has been targeted against its members for not participating in a strike b…
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The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said on Monday that the four-month workers’ strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations will continue. This is after AMCU president and the union’s national leadership met with members at …
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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday urged the government to hold the mining industry accountable for its failures, after a worker died at Modikwa Platinum Mine in Limpopo due to a fall of ground. "One death is too many and we call o…
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Tanzania has followed South Africa and Botswana with the launch of an international gold trading centre in the gold-rich region of Geita as part of its efforts to fight the smuggling of minerals, according to a report on Tuesday. South Africa has a gol…
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A deadly mine collapse in Angola has left at least 30 people dead. The incident occurred in Chipindo municipality in Angola’s south-west Huila Province as illegal gold miners mined for gold, the state media reported on Sunday.
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Eskom said on Monday it would commence Stage 4 rotational load shedding from 09:00 to 23:00 and continue into Tuesday due to a shortage of capacity. Stage 4 load-shedding requires the state-owned utility, which supplies 95% of South Africa’s electric…
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The contracts to build Medupi and Kusile were badly structured, leading to corruption and making Eskom carry the cost of time overruns, Deputy President David Mabuza conceded in Parliament on Tuesday. "The contracting model did not achieve the obje…
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About 1 500 members of the National Union of Mineworkers have resolved to press on with a strike at Dwarsrivier mine in Limpopo to back demands for various allowances, the union said on Thursday. Underground, surface and administration workers have now…
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Head of finance at Eskom’s primary energy division, Snehal Nagar, on Tuesday testified on how he was instructed to make a R659-million pre-payment for coal to Gupta’s Tegeta Resources within three hours without following Eskom processes. Nagar, a chart…
The Minerals Council South Africa on Tuesday applauded the establishment of an engineering task team to assess challenges at state utility Eskom’s power stations. Cash strapped Eskom has struggled to meet electricity demand and was forced for several d…
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