A strike in the world's main platinum-producing region in the northwest is a major factor in the upcoming elections and the overall economic future of South Africa. Some 80,000 miners, members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, have been on strike for nearly four weeks.

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 …

The five month long strike affected both the workers and the mining companies. The South African mining industry shed 20,000 jobs in the 12 months leading to June 2013, and that trend was set to continue due to low margins, cost pressures and volatile commodity prices.

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…

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 could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South ...

Scandals and strikes: an uncertain future for platinum in South Africa. 12 Jan 2016. Mining giant Anglo American is selling some of its South African platinum mines due to their limited profitability. The South African Government has expressed increasing concern about the state of mining and the loss of thousands of jobs in the sector, so the ...

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Close. Some 80,000 gold miners in South Africa have gone on a strike to call for higher pay, but their union has significantly scaled down its demands. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is ...

Mining strikes: The costs to SA's economy. Wednesday, March 5, 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 ...

The fate of the South African mining industry is once again in the hands of striking workers. ... 30,000 South African coal miners poised to strike. Andrew Topf | October 4, ...

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 for Afrikaners such as ...

The only larger work stoppages in South African history have been general strikes for political goals. #30 Percent Rise Sought The union is demanding a 30 percent wage increase for black miners ...

The Strike: Five days that shook South Africa. Day One: Monday, 12 August. The strike began on Monday 12 August 1946, on the early morning shift. The strike call was ignored by many miners, and the union was unable to oversee the strike, especially after many organisers were arrested on the second day of the strike.

A group of mines, employing about 5,000 workers, in South Africa that is owned and operated by Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc. Tensions with the miners, who went on strike …

The Strike: Five days that shook South Africa. Day One: Monday, 12 August. The strike began on Monday 12 August 1946, on the early morning shift. The strike call was ignored by many miners, and the union was unable to oversee the strike, especially after many organisers were arrested on the second day of the strike.

The South African mining industry came to a virtual halt today as trade unions called one of the largest strikes of the post-apartheid era. The Congress of South African …

Effects of the Mining Strikes on the South African Economy. A wave of violent, wildcat strikes that erupted periodically in 2012 rooted in a turf war between AMCU and the National Union of Mineworkers, cost platinum and gold producers over R16-billion that year, when the current account gap was 5,2% of gross domestic product (GDP). Mining ...

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 ...

While Violent, Mining Strikes Aren't South Africa's Real Problem. While important, it is likely that the continuing media attention on the mine strikes is a result of the violence involved rather than a genuine interest in the finer points -- including the fact that they are rooted in struggles that extend far beyond the economic realm, pitting ...

Mining strikes shrink South Africa's economy. Months of mining strikes in South Africa pushed its economy into contraction in the first quarter of this year, and with no resolution in …

18. 18. Tens of thousands of platinum miners went on strike in South Africa on Thursday, seeking higher wages and disrupting one of 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 …

Mining strikes will have a large impact on South Africa's future. It's exposed a gap between elected union and political leaders on one side and the workers they represent on the other.

Gold miners downed tools after wage negotiations failed and over 100,000 miners went on strike 2011 South Africa's mining industry is largest contributor to economic transformation through widespread black economic empowerment transactions 2016 Fatalities in the industry fall to lowest level in history of South African mining 2017

Striking workers at the Anglo American Platinum mine in South Africa continue to defy Tuesday's deadline to return to work. Around 2...

Mining strikes: The costs to SA's economy. Wednesday, March 5, 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 ...

South Africa accounts for a third of the company's global output, thus this halt to all AngloGold production in the country is a significant hit to the company. With these additional stoppages, it is estimated that over 39 percent of South African gold output has now been halted, as multiple mining companies experience strikes among the ...

The recent spate of strikes in the mining sector in South Africa has created a perceived nervousness amongst shareholders. Within the mining sector in South Africa, gold mining is of significance historically and economically. This study aims to assess the impact of strikes on shareholder value in the gold mining industry

Mining Strikes, Price Woes Put South Africa in a Hole Companies Reconsider Operations as Unrest Disrupts Production Striking platinum-mine workers protested in …

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...

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 banned.

THE nationwide strike launched last week by more than 300,000 black miners has caused new political uncertainty in South Africa. The strike …

Mining Strike Impacts South African Economy - VOA. As South Africa 's biggest post ... Mining Strike Impacts South African Economy ... and is a key source of hard currency for South Africa. The companies have lost ...

At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater who …

Strike in platinum sector continues. Around 100,000 mineworkers from Amplats, Implats and Lonmin platinum mines are on strike.

The South Africa miners strike was a one-day strike by the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa over working conditions and safety in the country's mining industry. It was the first ever industry-wide miners' strike in South African history History. On 27 November 2007, the ...

Patrick Bond: Mine workers strike and moving away from the African National Conference could signal a reconfiguration of the left in South AfricaSee more vid...

Dec. 5, 2007. JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 4 South Africa's crucial mining sector was hit Tuesday by its biggest strike in two decades, as tens of thousands of …

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 ...