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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is fully supporting the wage increase strike by the public sector unions around the country.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has received with heavy heart the news of the sudden passing of its long serving security officer Mthokosizi Dlaba Shezi who was brutally shot whilst entering his home in Zola, Soweto on Friday night.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) convened its ordinary National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Elijah Barayi Memorial Training Centre in Midrand from 15th- 16th February 2023. The NEC meeting dealt with a number of issues pertaining to the four sectors that the union is organising.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in Highveld had its follow up meeting with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordan on the 13th February 2023, this meeting was informed by outstanding issues that were never discussed in our previous meeting with the Minister.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has noted with serious concern the official release of the mine health and safety performance report for the 2022 calendar year by the Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region which is located in Mpumalanga where majority of Eskom Power Station are situated, had a meeting with Minister Gordhan last week Friday (27 January 2023).

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) applauds the decision taken by the Department of Health to roll out a massive screening, verification, medical examination and payment benefits programme for eligible former mineworkers who contracted tuberculosis and or silicosis while working in certain mines between March 1965 and December 2019.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region is flummoxed and perturbed by the decision taken by Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) confirming and affirming that Optimum Coal Mine will cease exporting Coal through the terminal by the 31st January 2023.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) through its entity, the JB Marks Education Trust Fund, has once again issued out bursaries to its own members and their families in an effort to educate and empower them.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region is greatly concerned and worried about the continued roll-out of stage 6 load-shedding by the power utility, Eskom.