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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is highly shocked and surprised by the Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago’s decision to place Ubank under curatorship.

Today marks the 27th year anniversary of the commemoration of the Vaal Reef Disaster that resulted in the loss of lives of 104 workers during the mine accident.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is deeply saddened by the fatal indident at Harmany Gold Mine where four mineworkers lost their lives on Saturday at the company's Kusasalethu operation near Carletonville.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is highly disgusted and disturbed by the media reports which state that Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman has been awarded an astounding R300 million salary in 2021 while the company’s employees are out in the cold, fighting for a mere R1000 in wage increase.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) fully supports and will form part of COSATU affiliated trade unions when celebrating the International Workers Day, known as May Day on Sunday the 1st of May 2022.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to stage JOINT mass meetings, to allow thousands of gold mineworkers to come up with a new mandate and to pave a way forward.

Thousands of Sibanye-Stillwater workers, affiliated to both the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) will tomorrow (Friday, 22 April 2022) embark on a protest march to hand over a memorandum of demand to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) negotiating team at Sibanye-Stillwater urgently met this evening and resolved to suspend the protest march to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) that was planned for tomorrow (Friday 22 April 2022).

The Presidents and National Office-Bearers of the National Union of Mineworkers NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)convened a meeting in Johannesburg yesterday (11 April 2022) to discuss the ongoing protected strike action at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations

The National Union of Mineworkers in the PWV Region is extremely disturbed and concerned that Lobedu Contact Centre Department Manager at Eskom Head Office Megawatt Park gave instruction to stop the salaries of six employees.