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NUM rejects Ben Magara's appointment as Exxaro CEO
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has strongly opposed the appointment of Ben Magara as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Exxaro Resources, citing concerns over the legitimacy of the proc...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 09:19hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean gold syndicate kingpin accused of acquiring fake South African ID
AN investigation into illicit gold mining has uncovered how one of the accused obtained a fraudulent identity document, 12 years after arriving in South Africa.The home affairs officer probing...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:29hrs | 10307 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwean accused in gold syndicate acquired SA ID
An investigation into illicit gold mining has uncovered how one of the accused obtained a fraudulent identity document, 12 years after arriving in SA.The home affairs officer probing the case ...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:41hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's real surmame revealed
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has claimed that the real surname of South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is Mennel. Malema was speaking during the #EFFNationalShutdo...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 20:22hrs | 75 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe workers suffer in SA
ZIMBABWEANS, together with other foreign nationals, are continuing to bear the brunt of vigilante attacks by South African citizens, who are accusing them of taking their jobs and committing crime....Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs snub desperate Wenela miners
FORMER Zimbabwean mine workers who toiled under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (WNLA), also known as "Wenela", have accused the country's lawmakers of ignoring their plight and refusing t...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Pravin Gordhan lies about Eskom wage settlement
South Africa's Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan said while protest disruptions at Eskom operations had plunged South Africa into stage 6 load shedding, his department and Eskom were hopef...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 19:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
South Africa fails to avoid Zimbabwe type load shedding
Embattled and underperforming Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter said the power utility was working to restore capacity to power stations to mitigate the "very real risk" of Stage 6 load shedding on Tuesday ev...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Cyril Ramaphosa chased away by workers at May Day rally
South African President and African National Congress (ANC) leader Cyril Ramaphosa had to abandon the May Day celebrations at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, outside Rustenburg, in the North West after ro...Published: 01 May 2022 at 17:54hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mineworkers still suffering after 42 years of independence
ZIMBABWE mine workers are still suffering and subjected to slavery 42 years after the country gained independence.This is said by the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 12:39hrs | 16 | by Stephen Jakes
Mining association holds summit in SA over unclaimed social benefits
THE Southern Africa Mining Association (Sama) recently held a summit in South Africa over unclaimed social benefits of migrant workers worldwide.Zimbabwe is one of the countries that was invit...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 12:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
PAZ calls for govt to liberalise transport sector
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has urged the government to liberalize the transport sector and allow private commuters to operate following the challenges that the public has been facing...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 11:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mining union to engage authorities over triple taxing of workers
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Mineral Workers Union (Zdamwu) has lamented that mineworkers are heavily taxed due to the payroll system that most companies are using.In a statement, Zda...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 11:30hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Machete gang leader shot dead by police
A MACHETE gang leader was fatally shot by police in Bindura after the gang attacked detectives who had come to rescue mine workers it had kidnapped and assaulted over a mining dispute.The inci...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mine workers understate 46% wage increment
HARARE - NMWUZ - National Mines Workers Union Of Zimbabwe has vehemently rejected the 46 percent wage increment recently awarded the already financially struggling mineworkers by COMZ - Chamber ...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 06:25hrs | 19 | by Maxwell Teedzai
New appointments - as Union continues to breakdown gender stereotypes in mining sector
HARARE - End January 2022 saw NMWUZ - National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe appoint new executive members to assume roles in its NWAC - National Women A...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 06:32hrs | 28 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabwe govt urged to enforce rights of mineworkers on Chinese
HARARE: NMWUZ - National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe President Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka has urged Government to put stringent measures to enforce all Chinese mining firms to revise the manner in wh...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 19:01hrs | 16 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Mineworkers demand US$600 pay per month
Mineworkers have demanded their pay base to be pegged at US$600 inclusive of their Covid 19 allowances.In a statement Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Mineral Workers Union Secretary-general Justic...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 12:18hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
Malema goes after Ramaphosa, captured NPA
EFF leader Julius Malema has given the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) an ultimatum to prosecute President Cyril Ramaphosa for his role in the Marikana massacre within three months or his party w...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 17:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers, cop rob miner
Two Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) a cop and their colleague allegedly assaulted mine workers, threw them in a shaft before robbing them their gold ore in Mazowe.The matter came to light at Bind...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 14:32hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mineworkers get 22% wage increase
MINING sector workers have been awarded a 22 percent wage increase, which will see the lowest paid employee for the period October to December 2020, earning a basic salary of ZWL$18 000.Previo...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa celebrates Marikana 'tragedy'
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Marikana massacre commemoration tweet has been met with a number of negative responses, with most replies saying it was ironic that Ramaphosa would send out such a tweet....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 16:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU's incest with MDC Alliance not best for the worker
The proposals by the leadership of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions to become formally aligned with a political party, in this case the MDC-Alliance, and to have a quota of seats on the national ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Editorial - The Herald
Mine workers, NEC in salary row
WORKERS under the National Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (NMWUZ) have accused the mining sector's National Employment Council (NEC) of not timeously processing cases of underpayment and non-payment....Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa was accused of being an askari
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday had to do something that none of his predecessors, including the corruption accused Jacob Zuma, has ever been forced to do: defend his struggle credentials....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rigging the economy proves harder for Mnangagwa?
TWO months after disputed general elections in Zimbabwe‚ President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spirited efforts to turn around the economy are so far gaining limited traction.His closest rival in...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 17:52hrs | 1 | by TimesLive.com
Profile of Fortune Mguni (Daniel Molokele) - Hwange Central
Fortune Mguni (also known as Daniel Molokele) is a pro-democracy human rights lawyer well known for his fight for democracy in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Over the years he has also established himself...Published: 24 May 2018 at 17:17hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
The People Vs Obert Mpofu and Emmerson Manangagwa: We must march for Zephaniah Nhamo and finish what Morgan Tsvangirai started
A casual attempt to buy toothpaste and camphor cream two weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, was welcomed by demonstrators gathered outside Dischem Pharmacy in Midrand, Johannesburg. Undeterred by...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Bid to evict workers' spouse from protesting over outstanding salaries flops
HIGH Court Judge Justice Lavender Makoni on Tuesday dealt a major blow to Hwange Colliery Company (HCC)'s bid to evict and bar spouses of mineworkers from protesting over payment of outstanding wages ...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai grief shakes Buhera
In the eyes of Zimbabwe and the world, Morgan Tsvangirai was like any other human being. He was not an angel.He was a man whose flaws became fodder for local and international media hounds, a ...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai: Footprints on the sands of history
Facts are stubborn. It is trite to state that the story of this country cannot be written without according veneration to the name of Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.For there is no debate he deserv...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 12:22hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zuma denounces white monopoly economic power
South African President Jacob Zuma reiterated a call on Monday for radical reforms to shift the balance of "monopoly" economic power away from whites who dominated under apartheid, saying without such...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 10:45hrs | | by Reuters
Survivors of the 'Ramaphosa massacre' reject apology
Survivors of the Marikana massacre have rejected Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's apology for calling for "concomitant action" days before 34 miners were shot dead by police.According to ...Published: 08 May 2017 at 16:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa admits to having an influence in Marikana killings
Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised for his role in the Marikana massacre, saying that he tried to prevent "looming disaster" and that it was never his intention to have 34 miners killed, ...Published: 07 May 2017 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Al Jazeera highlight: 'Julius vs The ANC'
On 26 April 2017, Julius vs the ANC will broadcast South Africa's political turmoil to more than 310 million households in over 100 countries. Starting with the police killing of 34 strik...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 10:11hrs | 1 | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Julius Malema, leave the drama to Morgan Tsvangirai!
The heat is on in South Africa. Things have been moving far too heady in that country, politically and economically. President Jacob Zuma of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is seen as the m...Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 10:10hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Why do White people look at Blacks in disgust and undermine their humanity?
There is not doubt that the recent social media posts by white supremacists referring to blacks people as animals and uneducated dirty mass are mere symptoms of a much entrenched phenomena of raci...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Julius Malema
Former Wenela workers not collecting pensions
Ex-Wenela workers are being sought by a South African mine with a view of paying out their benefits.Scores of Zimbabwe's trickled to South Africa in the 70s to work in the mines.In a n...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 13:13hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Three miners die in mine explosion
THREE miners, including a Chinese national, have died in an underground mine explosion in Chambishi.Zambia's Daily Mail reported that the explosion happened at the South East Ore Body (SEOB) p...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe mining workers to get a meager 3% salary rise
Mine companies operating in Zimbabwe including Rio Tinto Plc and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. have agreed to raise minimum pay for workers by 3 percent, according to a circular verified by a union of...Published: 23 Feb 2015 at 21:51hrs | | by Bloomberg
The five richest black South Africans - and their politics
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe claims that South Africans assume that if a black person makes it, they are either corrupt or linked to the ANC.We have taken a look at the five richest bl...Published: 05 Oct 2014 at 09:19hrs | | by Bruce Gorton
'SA Deputy President Ramaphosa murdered workers,' Parliament told
Cape Town - It was another dramatic day in South Africa's Parliament as EFF MPs Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu were ordered out of the National Assembly, but not before Shivambu gave Deputy Preside...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 16:45hrs | 1 | by news24
Lesotho to be part of South Africa?
Johannesburg - Serious discussions should take place about Lesotho becoming a part of South Africa, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday."The developments in Lesotho are o...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 15:46hrs | | by Sapa
South Africa Deputy President is a murderer - protesters
Several protesters yelled at Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa again on Tuesday afternoon as he gave evidence at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry."Murderer", "Buffalo head", "Killer", "Sell-out...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 15:54hrs | | by Sapa
South Africa earthquake claims first victim
Johannesburg - One person has been confirmed dead following an earth tremor on Tuesday, said emergency workers."A 31-year-old man was found deceased in an old mining village in Orkney, in ...Published: 05 Aug 2014 at 14:12hrs | 2 | by Sapa
'We wish Zuma long suffering,' says Malema
Marikana - President Jacob Zuma must suffer, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said in Marikana on Sunday."Zuma is not sick, he is a troubled man. We do not wish him well, we ...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 19:21hrs | | by Sapa
Workers' Unions should avoid the Tsvangirai option, says NUM
The National Union of Mineworkers on Saturday said South African unions should avoid the Morgan Tsvangirai option option where trade unionist becomes a politician thinking they can take power....Published: 23 Feb 2014 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Sapa
Bodies of 8 missing miners found after SA mine fire
Johannesburg - The bodies of eight missing miners have been found after a fire broke out at Harmony Gold's Doornkop gold mine, west of Johannesburg, the mineral resources department said on Thursd...Published: 06 Feb 2014 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Sapa
Biography of President Michael Chilufya Sata
The "Africa Year Book and Who's Who" (1977) edition has President Michael Sata's date of birth as January 6, 1936. Aislinn Laing, the Telegraph reporter who interviewed Sata at State House in 2011...Published: 03 Feb 2014 at 05:20hrs | 4 | by Field Ruwe
Zim mine companies deadlock on pay-rise
Mining companies operating in Zimbabwe and the main labor union in the industry have reached a deadlock in pay talks for 2014 after the workers group demanded that wages be more than doubled, two peop...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 10:43hrs | | by Bloomberg
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