The union which represents about 64 of South Africa s 120 000 gold miners said it rejected with contempt slave wages as represented by an increase of a meagre 6 5 or R300 £18 68 per month It claims bosses have continuously awarded themselves huge bonuses
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11 Aug 2005 FOR the first time in 18 years South Africa 39 s gold miners have laid down their tools After wage negotiations failed the National Union of Mineworkers began a strike on August 7th joined a day later by Solidarity a union representing skilled mainly white mine employees Over 100 000 miners went on nbsp
10 Jul 2015 One company has abandoned the centralised process Goldfields which unbundled all but one South African mine in 2012 this time came to a separate three year wage deal with employees Its South African operation South Deep is the only fully mechanised gold mining operation in the country and has nbsp
By the end of the 19th century all the indigenous peoples of South Africa had lost their political and economic independence Racist laws enabled the white owned mining companies to control workers keep wages very low and gain immense profits from the diamonds and gold
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5 Aug 2017 At its peak the gold mining industry was driving the South African economy and this town boasted some of the highest per capita earnings in the world But now parts of the South African mining industry are struggling due to falls in commodity prices increases in wages and uncertainty surrounding the nbsp
· The minimum wage for South Africa s vulnerable sector of hospitality will be revised upward with effect from 01 July 2018 Wage talks in South Africas gold mining sector held under the auspices of the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration CCMA in Johannesburg have collapsed and strike action in the sector looms On
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· South African Gold on the Brink With Half of Mines Losing Money By Kevin Crowley CrowleyKev More stories by Kevin Crowley Updated on Price slump means top four companies lose on 35 of mined ore Costs rising as workers demand more pay clear way for strike South Africa s gold mines the deepest and among the oldest in the world are in