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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region is highly concerned by the indefinite implementation of stage 6 load shedding, under the watchful eyes of the Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, which is now acutely crippling the country’s fragile economy.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is currently engaged in wage negotiations with Eskom at a time when South Africa is plunged into perpetual stage 6 load shedding.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members at Phalaborwa Foskor Mine will be embarking on a march to deliver a memorandum of demands to express their dissatisfaction on various matters, which seek to undermine and make the conditions of employment at the workplace more unbearable.

The three trade unions organising in Eskom, namely the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and Solidarity would convene a press conference to update on progress made so far with regard to wage negotiations with power utility, Eskom.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is disturbed and highly saddened by the fatal incident where four mineworkers lost their lives at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Burnstone Mine in Balfour, Mpumalanga.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) can confirm that rounds of Eskom wage negotiations are set to start on the 19th, 20th and 21st April 2023 at Cedarwoods in Sandton, Johannesburg.

The National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure (NUMYS) is deeply saddened with the passing away of the National Youth Structure Deputy Chairperson comrade Lekgotho Phala. Comrade Phala met his demise in a tragic car accident on the 30th of March 2023 at Modimolle in Limpopo.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region regards the visits to power stations by the Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa as long overdue and necessary.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) condemns in strongest terms the unlawful migration from Mine Health & Safety Act to Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in the Highveld Region is aware that the court case between Richards Bay Coal Terminal and Optimum Business Rescue Practitioners is taking place on the 24th March 2023 in Durban.