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Labour Law

Are employers' responsibilities to act against GBV limited to the workplace?

Keshni Naicker, Amandla Makhongwana, and Angel Phakathi 25 Nov 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Zero tolerance for pandemic of fraudulent medical certificates

JJ van der Walt 20 May 2024

Lily Mine was the scene of a 2016 disaster where three miners were trapped underground in a container after a ground collapse.

Mining

Vantage Goldfields to resume operations at Lily and Barbrook mines

16 May 2024

A ballot over union membership is to be held at Gold One mine in Springs where hundreds of miners were held underground last week. Archive photo: Shaun Smillie | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Amcu vs Num: Workers to vote at "hostage" mine

Shaun Smillie 2 Nov 2023

Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Mining

Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Lindsey Schutters 25 Oct 2023

One of the two new rail-mounted stacker reclaimers which scoop up and transfer coal into and out of the yard is seen at Africa's largest coal export facility, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, 2018. Source: Reuters/Tanisha Heiberg

Construction & Engineering

Thungela says coal terminal workers' strike not impacting exports

Nelson Banya 2 Oct 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Can employees be fired for refusing to work overtime?

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 7 Jul 2023

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Remuneration & Payroll

Time for transparency on executive pay in South Africa

Dr Salomé Teuteberg 16 Feb 2023

Impala Platinum signs five-year wage deal

Mining

Impala Platinum signs five-year wage deal

Nelson Banya 29 Jun 2022

NUM, AMCU sign wage deal with Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

NUM, AMCU sign wage deal with Sibanye-Stillwater

Promit Mukherjee 13 Jun 2022

Three-month strike set to end at Sibanye as miners back deal

Mining

Three-month strike set to end at Sibanye as miners back deal

Anait Miridzhanian and Nelson Banya 6 Jun 2022

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Labour Law

Is it time for intervention in the Sibanye-Stillwater deadlock?

Sandile July 1 Jun 2022

Unions plan strike at Sibanye's platinum operations

Mining

Unions plan strike at Sibanye's platinum operations

Nelson Banya 12 Apr 2022

Defiant South African unions stage protest against Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

Defiant South African unions stage protest against Sibanye-Stillwater

Siphiwe Sibeko 28 Mar 2022

UASA accepts Sibanye-Stillwater wage offer

Mining

UASA accepts Sibanye-Stillwater wage offer

Helen Reid 15 Mar 2022

Solidarity seeks court order against Sibanye-Stillwater lock-out

Mining

Solidarity seeks court order against Sibanye-Stillwater lock-out

Nelson Banya 9 Mar 2022

Why South Africa's two biggest gold miners differ on wages

Mining

Why South Africa's two biggest gold miners differ on wages

Promit Mukherjee and Nelson Banya 9 Mar 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater receives strike notice from two unions

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater receives strike notice from two unions

Nelson Banya 8 Mar 2022

#Newsmaker: Mikateko Chauke to head strategic communications and PR at African Bank

PR & Communications

#Newsmaker: Mikateko Chauke to head strategic communications and PR at African Bank

Evan-Lee Courie 3 Mar 2022

Solidarity accepts Sibanye-Stillwater wage offer

Mining

Solidarity accepts Sibanye-Stillwater wage offer

Helen Reid 2 Mar 2022

Labour unions prepare for Sibanye strike vote today

Mining

Labour unions prepare for Sibanye strike vote today

25 Feb 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater to meet unions as strike looms at gold mines

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater to meet unions as strike looms at gold mines

Nelson Banya 14 Feb 2022

CCMA gives unions green light to strike at Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

CCMA gives unions green light to strike at Sibanye-Stillwater

Helen Reid and Nelson Banya 17 Jan 2022

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Labour Law

ConCourt upholds labour courts' judgments on secondary strikes

Lizle Louw, Johan Olivier and Shane Johnson 15 Nov 2021

Legalities of dismissing striking employees, despite compliance with ultimatum

Labour Law

Legalities of dismissing striking employees, despite compliance with ultimatum

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 5 May 2021

Workers from Kinross Gold Mine, South Africa. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images

Mining

Health and safety in the spotlight as South Africa's miners go back to work

Nancy Coulson & Nicola Christofides 7 May 2020

Mining sector ordered to prepare safety standards

Mining

Mining sector ordered to prepare safety standards

4 May 2020

ConCourt rules on procedural fairness of minority union retrenchments without consultation

Labour Law

ConCourt rules on procedural fairness of minority union retrenchments without consultation

27 Jan 2020

Too scared to come to work: Unauthorised absence after a strike

Labour Law

Too scared to come to work: Unauthorised absence after a strike

Fiona Leppan and Merrick Steenkam 26 Apr 2019

Driefontein operation. Image: Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

Sibanye strike backfires on Amcu

18 Apr 2019

Is it feasible to be more inclusive in retrenchment talks in the mining sector?

Labour Law

Is it feasible to be more inclusive in retrenchment talks in the mining sector?

Eugene Phajane 19 Feb 2019

Sibanye-Stillwater Kloof operations

Mining

Amcu to strike at Sibanye's PGM operations

15 Jan 2019

Testing differential treatment

Labour Law

Testing differential treatment

Lauren Salt and Donovan Lindhorst 6 Nov 2018

Photo: Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater commits to safety after poor accident record

2 Jul 2018

Mining

Sibanye files submission for Lonmin deal, even as Amcu threatens court action

Allan Seccombe 19 Mar 2018

Six arrested for killings in Marikana

Criminal Law

Six arrested for killings in Marikana

12 Feb 2018

Photo: Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

Sibanye locks up three-year wage agreement with unions

9 Nov 2017

#BizTrends2017: Highlighting key labour themes for 2017

Trends

#BizTrends2017: Highlighting key labour themes for 2017

7 Feb 2017

Lonmin must still build housing for more than 11‚000 employees

Sustainable Development

Lonmin must still build housing for more than 11‚000 employees

Allan Seccombe 23 Jan 2017

Mining

Disaster mine's sister operation also placed under business rescue

20 Dec 2016

Source: Anglo American Platinum

Mining

Other unions challenge Amplats/AMCU settlement

3 Nov 2016

Implats and AMCU reach wage agreement

Mining

Implats and AMCU reach wage agreement

31 Oct 2016

Implats to focus on Rustenburg

Mining

Implats to focus on Rustenburg

28 Oct 2016

Sibanye's Kloof operation. Source:www.sibanyegold.co.za

Energy & Mining

Sibanye workers score on premium payment

Nicci Botha 21 Apr 2016

AMCU loses long-running labour court battle

Mining

AMCU loses long-running labour court battle

4 Apr 2016

Lonmin, AMCU break ground on reducing job losses

Mining

Lonmin, AMCU break ground on reducing job losses

3 Mar 2016

Focus on labour in platinum and car sectors

Labour Law & Unions

Focus on labour in platinum and car sectors

Karl Gernetzky 8 Jan 2016