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The National Union of Mineworkers in KwaZulu Natal is deeply concerned and worried about the state of the mining sector in the Province, following a one-day regional Shopstewards council meeting that took place on the 15th of May 2021 at Umhlathuze auditorium which was attended by the NUM President Joseph Montisetsi and 50 delegates from the mining branches of the NUM.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will be holding an urgent joint press briefing to update the media and the public on the latest Eskom wage talks.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is saddened and highly shocked by the misleading statement authored by Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha which indicates that the average salary of an Eskom employee is R737 000.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) together with COSATU and community structures around Lily Mine will be marching today to the Nelspruit Magistrate Court to hand over a memorandum of grievances.

The National Union of Mineworkers convened its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the Elijah Barayi Memorial Training College on the 22nd to 23rd April 2021.

The National Union of Mineworkers National Women Structure welcomes the sentencing of Nombuso Dube and her mom’s murderer who was sentenced to two life sentences at Verulam Magistrate Court on Friday, 16th April 2021 in the Kwa-Zulu-Natal Province.

The National Union of Mineworkers National Women Structure convened its Women Structure National Committee Meeting from the 15th – 16th April 2021 at the NUM College Elijah Barayi Memorial Training Centre (EBMTC) in Midrand.

1. SALARY INCREASE The NUM Bargaining Conference resolved that our demands be between 15% - 20% or R15 000.00 minimum in a period of three years until 2023. 2. SEVERANCE PACKAGE The NUM Bargaining Conference resolved that the minimum for Severance Package be R150 000.00 or 4 weeks per year of service.

“Knowledge is too important to be left in the hands of the bosses” Date: 25th - 26th March 2021

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Carletonville Region is appealing for the government’s immediate intervention around Blyvoor Gold Mine as labour and social unrest are erupting, likely to escalate into a serious bloodbath.