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NUM condemns continued fatalities at Sibanye-Stillwater: calls for urgent accountability and decisive enforcement following fatal fall-of ground incident at Hl…

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NUM condemns Petra diamonds' decision to place Finch mine under business rescue and threaten over 1,700 jobs

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) expresses its profound concern and strongly condemns the decision by Petra Diamonds to place the Finch Diamond Mine in Kimberley under Business Rescue and to ...
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NUM North East region to march against mass retrenchments and economic sabotage

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) North East Region will hold a protest march on Friday, May 23, 2025, in Polokwane, to vehemently oppose the alarming rise in Section 189 retrenchment notices ...
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NUM Youth Structure Concludes National Youth Committee Meeting; Vows Radical Action Against Socio-Economic Suffocation and Safety Failures

The National Youth Committee (NYC) of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Youth Structure successfully concluded its scheduled constitutional meeting on 7-8 May 2026, at the Elijah Barayi Memorial ...
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NUM Mobilizes for World Day for Decent Work: Sounds Alarm Over the Systematic Destruction of Permanent Jobs

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NUM is deeply worried about the decision taken by Petra Diamonds to retrench over 200 mineworkers

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strongly rejects the purported retrenchments of about 200 workers at Petra Diamond. This decision is unacceptable as it will have devastating consequences for ...
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NUM Frees State regional women structure condemns second fatal incident involving a female worker at Harmony Target Mine

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Free State Regional Women Structure expresses its deepest sorrow and outrage following another fatal accident at Harmony Target Mine. This tragedy has claimed ...
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NUM Responds to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Approval of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) Phase I Report

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) notes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s approval of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) Phase I Report, which recommends establishing an independent Transmission ...
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NUM Leadership Conducts Strategic Site Visit to Benoni’s Gold Plat Plant Following Majority Union Milestone

BENONI — Leadership from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) PWV Region and the NUM Youth Structure conducted a high-level site visit to the Gold Plat Plant in Benoni today. The delegation was led ...
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Tension mounts at South Deep as NUM and UASA accuses Gold Fields Management of 'arrogance' in wage talks

Wage negotiations between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), UASA and Gold Fields’ South Deep management have grown increasingly tense during their fifth round of talks at the Indaba Hotel in ...
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NUM Women’s Structure Launches "Right to Learn Campaign" in Soweto, Donating Essential School Supplies

SOWETO — The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Women’s Structure has officially launched its "Right to Learn Campaign" today at Diodi Primary School in Mapetla, Soweto. The initiative aims to ...
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NUM vows to fight De Beers’ "Devastating" plan to cut 1,214 jobs at Venetia Mine and DBSSSA

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strongly condemns the decision by De Beers and De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa (DBSSSA) to pause production at Venetia Mine for two years and issue a ...