Labour Crisis in South Africa’s Mining Sector
Labour Crisis in South Africa’s Mining Sector South Africa has been suffering from a series of wildcat strikes in the country’s strategic mining sector since 2012. This sharply affected the country’s economic growth in 2012. Due to unrest and union strikes in the mining sector, South Africa’s GDP growth fell to 2.5% in 2012 from 3.5% in ...
Mining Conditions in South Africa - Mining in Africa
Mining Conditions in Other Countries. South Africa is not unique in having less than favourable conditions in the mining sector. Nigeria and other major mining countries on the African continent also have their share of problems, most similar to what is faced by South African miners. But for Nigeria, the DRC and other African countries there is ...
v116n3a10 Trends in productivity in the South African gold ...
Eskom’s historical tariff increases from 2007 to 2017. The increasing electricity cost has recently been compounded by the current erratic supply, which further threatens the productivity and viability of the energy-intensive gold mining sector. In addition to energy costs, the costs of other major inputs to the mining process have been escalating. Gold mining in South Africa started more ...
SA mining industry, government and unions …
The mining sector accounts for about 8% of South Africa’s GDP and employs close to 450,000 workers. On average, each miner has eight to 10 dependents, which include extended family networks in ...
Mining: a brief history | Statistics South Africa
Mining: a brief history. The 1970s are best remembered for disco, bell-bottoms, and the mesmerising lava lamp. It was also the decade that stone South African mining forge ahead in its influence on the economy and employment.
Mining 2020 | Laws and Regulations | South Africa …
To understand the extent of the BEE obligations for South Africa’s mining industry, regard must also be had to the Implementation Guidelines for the Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the Mining and Minerals Industry, 2018 (Guidelines), which the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy (Minister) published on 19 December 2018. In addition, prospecting and mining activities ...
Work and labour force | Statistics South Africa
Vulnerability of youth in the South African labour market. The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of 2020 indicate that employment decreased by 38 000 to 16,4 million and the number of unemployed persons increased by 344 000 to 7,1 million. As a result, the official unemployment rate increased by 1 percentage point to (30,1%) compared to the fourth ...
Labour and Work Conditions in the South African ...
Within South Africa, across all sectors, ... Industrial action, and in particular in the mining sector, has had a negative impact on the economy and investor confidence. Industrial action has also resulted in stone losses, and economist Roelof Venter has estimated that Cosatu has had a direct and indirect role in the destruction of around one-million stone in the South African economy over the ...
South Africa Labour Costs | 1970-2019 Data | …
Labour Costs in South Africa increased to 165.60 points in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 160.50 points in the third quarter of 2019. Labour Costs in South Africa averaged 47.94 points from 1970 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 165.60 points in the fourth quarter of 2019 and a record low of 1 points in the first quarter of 1970. This page provides the latest reported value for - South ...
Mining in SA - Minerals Council South Africa
The mining sector has, for many years, attracted valuable foreign direct investment to South Africa; Major mining sectors in SA. Coal. Coal mining’s advent in South Africa can best be traced to the start of gold mining in the late 19 th century, particularly on the Witwatersrand, with the first coal in appreciable tonnages extracted on the Highveld coal field close to the nascent ...
Mining industry of South Africa - Wikipedia
Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force behind the history and development of Africas most advanced and richest economy. Large-scale and profitable mining started with the discovery of a diamond on the banks of the Orange River in 1867 by Erasmus Jacobs and the subsequent discovery and exploitation of the Kimberley pipes a few years later.
The Marikana Massacre: A Historical Overview of the Labour ...
Labour Unrest in the Mining Sector in South Africa Chitja Twala University of the Free State, South Africa Introduction and Historical Background This article is aimed at explaining and interpreting the events, causes, and the aftermath of the Marikana Massacre which happened on 16 August 2012 in South Africa. Furthermore, the article gives a historical overview of the fiduciary ...
Social and Labour Plans - Wits University
In 2018, we began a project assisting mining affected communities in five different provinces to analyse the social and labour plans impacting them and audit the promised projects they contained. This work is captured in our contributions to a report produced by ActionAid South Africa, Mining in South Africa: Social Audit Baseline Report. Reports
The Role of Mining in the South African Economy
labour cost, and in labour productivity. Weexaminelinks between these dimensions in explanation of changing employment trends. Weconclude with a VECM estimation ofalabour requirements equation to corroborate our …ndings. The Role of Miningin the South African Economy 1 1 Introduction Conventional wisdom views the mining sector ofthe South African economy as its quintessence. As …
Are labour unions still relevant in the South …
26.04.2019 · Last week the Associated Mineworkers and Construction Union, headed by Joseph Mathunjwa abandoned its 5-month long strike for a R1 000 …
South Africa Mining Production | 1981-2020 Data …
Mining production in South Africa slipped 28.2% from a year ago in June of 2020, following a downwardly revised 27.6% fall in May. It was the fourth consecutive month of downturn in mining activity and steeper than in May, as miners continued to face difficulties even after some lockdown restrictions were lifted. Main downward pressure came from PGMs (-42.5% vs -26.4% in May); iron ore (-54.2% ...
Mining Markets in Southern Africa - exportvirginia.org
MINING SECTOR OVERVIEW Africa, as a whole, has experienced extraordinary growth with GDP averaging 5% per year from 2003 to 2013. Southern Africa and East Africa top this, with many countries topping over 7% growth. There is tremendous interest in Africa for growth opportunities due to the continent’s wealth of minerals and over 1,800 mining projects in various stages of development or ...
MINING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The mining sector in South Africa is heavily politicied and political appointments are based on s cadre deployment. The result is a mining regulator staffed with individuals without the relevant knowledge and expertise required to make informed decisions. 4. There are nine provincial offices throughout the country, different processes are adopted but and followed in different regional offices ...