Sep 19, 2012· Sep 19, 2012· Lonmin miners in South Africa sign pay deal. Striking miners at a Lonmin-owned platinum mine in South Africa have agreed to return to work on Thursday after accepting the latest pay offer. Miners ...

Introduction: Background to the Strike. The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the various groups in the four former colonies. The union was a victory for the British – especially for the 'uitlanders' (foreigners) and mining magnates – who wanted to unite the country; but it was a defeat for Afrikaners such as ...

In August 1946 the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU) in South Africa called a strike of black miners in the country's Witwatersrand gold producing region. The strike was the first widespread action taken by African workers since 1920. Nearly 100,000 black workers struck, completely or partially shutting down 13 mines.

Jun 24, 2014· Union leaders have signed a wage deal with South Africa's biggest platinum mining companies, ending the nation's longest-running strike. The …

The Strike: Five days that shook South Africa. Day One: Monday, 12 August. The strike began on Monday 12 August 1946, on the early morning shift. The strike call was ignored by many miners, and the union was unable to oversee the strike, especially after many organisers were arrested on the second day of the strike.

Jun 23, 2014· Jun 23, 2014· Text. JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's main platinum mining union said Monday that its members agreed to a wage settlement that will end a five-month strike, the country's longest, that has left the ...

The average miner makes between $365 and $511 per week. The last national miners' strike took place in 1987, when about 300,000 miners demanded a 30 percent wage increase. In 2000 South African unions carried out a general strike in which 4 million workers walked out to protest high unemployment.

Sep 18, 2012· The strike at the S. African platinum mine where 34 miners were killed last month in a clash with police is ending and employees will go back to work Thursday.

Jun 25, 2014· Thousands of miners at South Africa's biggest platinum mining firms have returned to work, a day after unions signed a wage deal to end a five-month strike…

Jun 12, 2014· Jun 12, 2014· As the longest strike in the 130-year history of South Africa's mines showed its first signs of breaking, thousands of stick-wielding miners cheered as …

Local African National Congress leaders were arrested and tried for treason and sedition. Workers at 32 of the 45 mines on the Rand had participated in the strike. Hundreds of workers were arrested, tried, imprisoned, or deported. A total of 1,248 miners on strike were wounded and nine were killed.

Introduction: Background to the Strike. The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the various groups in the four former colonies. The union was a victory for the British – especially for the 'uitlanders' (foreigners) and mining magnates – who wanted to unite the country; but it was a defeat for Afrikaners such as ...

Miners' Strike. South Africa 1922. Synopsis. In early 1922, white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike. The strike soon became a violent rebellion—sometimes known as the Rand Revolt—that pitted the white miners against the mine owners and the government.

Nov 07, 2012· Nov 07, 2012· Coal miners strike deal in South Africa. Companies offer five per cent deal in a bid to thwart spread of wildcat mines into the coal sector. More than 80,000 miners, or 15 percent of the industry ...

The Strike: Five days that shook South Africa. Day One: Monday, 12 August. The strike began on Monday 12 August 1946, on the early morning shift. The strike call was ignored by many miners, and the union was unable to oversee the strike, especially after many organisers were arrested on the second day of the strike.

Sep 19, 2012· Mining strikes have gripped South Africa since last month, when police opened fire on wildcat strikers in Marikana, killing dozens. The new deal will net Lonmin miners …