labour relations in the gold mine industry in south africa since 2000

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v116n3a10 Trends in productivity in the South African gold

and labour utilization on the mining industry, and the gold sector in particular, are quite evident This is confirmed by EY (2014), who state that productivity on cost and volume bases has been declining since 2000, and various companies have engaged in different costcutting exercises EY (2014) emphasized that the mining industry needs to regainGold mining employment in South Africa is shrinking Gold mining employment fell from approximately 475 000 in 1990 to 200 000 in 2002 to 160 000 in 2009 [28, 29] This is accompanied by high A century of migrant labour in the gold mines of South AfricaThe crisis has also exposed the fragility of labour relations and the weaknesses of traditional unions in an industry that employs about 500,000 people The outlook for gold and platinum sectors is bleak South Africa’s gold mines are among the world`s deepest and mature shafts have become more challenging and expensive to operate(DOC) the impact of labour relations in the mining sector

7 THE GOLD OF MIGRANT LABOUR Home South African

South African mines Th agreemene t ended this March, just when the Tanganyika labour quot waas due to reach the record figure of 12,000 For too long in South Africa, 'Nativ hae policy bees n base' d on the maxim that wha its good for the gold mines must b e good for South Africa Th Chambee or Minef s will a hav greaetinated the gold and other mines, are replaced with South African labor Around 170 000 Around 170 000 Mozambican and Malawian migrant mineworkers were withdrawn from the mines , takingThe centrality of labor time in South African gold mining There had been a decline in the predominance of gold, due to economic changes and the age of gold mining and depth of mining that was now required to reach gold deposits Employment in the sector fell to a low point of 400 000 jobs in the year 2000 and then recovered to over 500 000 by 2012Recent job cuts in mining sector: input on South Africa

A century of migrant labour in the gold mines of South Africa

numbers of the huge total of black workers on the gold mines of South Africa over the century from 1896 to 1996 These men were recruited from up to twenty territories, and their contributions are examined The major areas providing labour over this long period have been Lesotho, the former Transkei within South Africa and Mozambique From 1989 to 1996, for instance, these three areasThis article remedies this yawning gap by presenting primary and secondary evidence which demonstrates the centrality of labor time in South African gold mines since the discovery of gold in 1886 To this end, labor time is traced in two ways Part I tracks industrial working time by tracing the length of the working day and weekThe centrality of labor time in South African gold mining The distribution of labor continued to change in the 1990s, in response to global and regional market factors and political change in South Africa For example, despite the importance of mining revenues throughout the twentieth century, the mining industry employed a dwindling share of the work forceonly about 7 percent in 1995, down from nearly 10 percent a decade earlierSouth Africa Employment and Labor

National Labour Law Profile: South Africa

When gold and diamonds were discovered, mining activity in South Africa rapidly increased The booming mining industry brought with it an influx of labour and workers to the mines The first South African trade union was, the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union was established in 1881, largely to protect the interests of skilled foreign workers The Rand Rebellion/ Revolt saw white mine workers protest the industry’s attempt to replace semiskilled white men with cheap black labour leaving about 200 people dead, more than 1,000 injured, 15,000 men out of work and a slump in gold productionBrief history of gold mining in South Africa Mining for and weakening global demand, putting additional burden on South Africa’s already high unemployment rate of around 24 percent According to figures from Statistics South Africa, the mining sector shed 20000 jobs since July 2012, while mining value added 31 percent lower in 2012 than in 2011Key Points Domestic Labour Strife and Mining Moderation

Wage Talks Begin in South Africa's Shrinking Gold Industry

Jul 11, 2018 South Africa’s biggest gold producers and mining unions start wage talks Wednesday against the backdrop of stark declines in the industry that was once the world’s largestThe roots of Trade Unionism and Socialism can be traced back to the vast influx of majority White workers who came to Southern Africa from across the globe in the search of fortunes and work in the wake of the discovery of diamonds and later gold The story of labour is also the story of forced labourHistory of Labour Movements in South Africa South South Africa’s diamond mining industry dates back to 1867, when diamonds were discovered near Kimberley in what is today known as the Northern Cape The Kimberley diamond fields, and later discoveries in Gauteng, the Free State, and along the Atlantic coast, emerged as major sources of gemquality diamonds, securing South Africa’s position History South African Government

Can the gold industry return to the golden age?

USD 25 billion In 2017, South Deep produced 281 KOZ of gold instead of the expected 315 KOZ In mid2018, after two labor restructurings at the end of 2017, it was reported that it was unable to quantify the impact of the largescale restructuring on production in 2019 and later Can the gold industry return to˜the golden age? 7According to Death in South African Mines, an undated study published in the early 1960s by HJ Simons, professor of native law and administration at the University of Cape Town (UCT), 36 000 men had been killed in accidents on South Africa’s gold mines since the beginning of the century He said that the annual death toll on all mines Mining in SA: Then, now, and into the future IRR Feb 09, 2020 I mean a lot of the a lot of the legislation to dispossess black people of land was in order to create cheap labor for South African gold mines Bill Whitaker: You grew up in a small mining South Africa gold mining: What lies at the bottom of one

Labour and Work Conditions in the South African

The study notes that construction industry is an important employer of labour in South Africa – accounting for around 8% of total formal employment and around 17% of total informal employment Around 70% of the labour employed in the construction industry is semiskilled and unskilledCheap African migrant labour was available in large quantities This was an important factor in the early and rapid development of the Rand gold mines By making capital in the mining industry, African labourers put South Africa on the world map However, the reserves were deprived of a vital factor Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of May 16, 2018 The Mining Sector The mining sector in South Africa produces a number of raw natural resources, the vast majority of which are exported Some of the primary products extracted and exploited by the mining sector include: gold, platinum, diamonds, uranium, chromium, zirconium, and The Biggest Industries In South Africa WorldAtlas

South Africa: TwentyFive Years Since Apartheid

By the late 1980s, however, South Africa’s economy was in a deep recession and large segments of the country were becoming ungovernable A number of countries enacted sanctions against South Africa in a show of international condemnation of the apartheid system Antiapartheid protesters in South Africa What is clear from the image above is the fact that the wage rate inflation growth in South Africa's manufacturing industry has been declining significantly over the last couple of years, and at its current year on year rate of 54% it is at least still higher than the consumer price index (CPI) inflation which came in at 4% for the period ending December 2019South Africa's Manufacturing industry South African Source: Authors’ estimates based on South Africa Reserve Bank data cent with respect to 1999 The shrinking of the mining output (18 per cent in 2000) did not offset this good performance in agriculture Gold production fell the most, counterbalancing increases in other sectors — notably platinum — of the mining industrySouth Africa OECD

History of Labour Movements in South Africa South

The roots of Trade Unionism and Socialism can be traced back to the vast influx of majority White workers who came to Southern Africa from across the globe in the search of fortunes and work in the wake of the discovery of diamonds and later gold The story of labour is also the story of forced labourJul 28, 2008 Third, nonSouth African migrants became a larger proportion of the mine workforce, rising from 47 percent in 1990 to nearly 60 percent by 1999 In particular, Mozambicans' share of the mine workforce increased from 12 percent in 1990 to 25 percent in 2000 The South African gold mining industry entered a period of renewed expansion after 2000South Africa: Policy in the Face of Xenophobia Conventional wisdom views the mining sector ofthe South African economy as its quintessence As contributor to aggregate output, as foreign exchange earner for the economy, as employer, and as a generator of tax revenues mining has often been viewed as the locomotive of South AfricaThe Role of Mining in the South African Economy

Mine Accidents and Disasters Department of Mineral Resources

Between 1984 and 2005, more than 11 000 mine workers died in South Africa In 2003, the death toll from mining accidents was approximately 270 fatalities and an agreement was reached to reduce mining fatalities by 20% per annum The year 2010 was an achievement for the South African mining industry with a 24% reduction yearonyear since the Jul 06, 2011 Although well below the half million employed in the 1990s, South African gold mines still employ approximately 160 000 people1 The industry is characterized by male crossborder and internal ruralurban migrants who leave their families and live mostly in singlesex mining compounds, returning home for variable periods2 Until 1975, work contracts were temporary and short, but labour Occupational lung disease in the South African mining USD 25 billion In 2017, South Deep produced 281 KOZ of gold instead of the expected 315 KOZ In mid2018, after two labor restructurings at the end of 2017, it was reported that it was unable to quantify the impact of the largescale restructuring on production in 2019 and later Can the gold industry return to˜the golden age? 7Can the gold industry return to the golden age?

The social and economic impacts of gold mining

The direct economic contribution of the gold mining industry to the global economy, as defined by ‘gross value added’ (GVA), has increased almost sevenfold in the period from 2000 toLabour Relations Amendment Act 127 of 1998 Labour Relations Amendment Act 12 of 2002 Intelligence Services Act 65 of 2002 Electronic Communications Security (Pty) Ltd Act 68 of 2002 General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act 52 of 2003 Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004 ACT To change the law governing labour relations Labour Relations Act 1995 (Act No 66 of 1995)In 2013, mining companies produced 562,000 times as much waste as gold, according to the South African Chamber of Mines A decade before, that same ratio was less than half as large, at 212,000to1 Mining operations are generating increased waste because South Africa’s gold is running out, and the remaining resource only can be found What's left in the wake of South Africa’s abandoned gold mines

Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of

Cheap African migrant labour was available in large quantities This was an important factor in the early and rapid development of the Rand gold mines By making capital in the mining industry, African labourers put South Africa on the world map However, the reserves were deprived of a vital factor evident in the case of labor market legislation South Africa’s labor legislation comprises two main statutes: the Labour Relations Act (LRA) and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) The LRA was one of the first major statutes passed by the new government that assumed office in 1994Unemployment and the Labor MarketAug 23, 2019 Operated by gold giant Barrick, the mine has been in operation since 2000 Or what about Tongon in Cote d'Ivoire , also run by Barrick, where 230,000 oz was dug up worth $322 million Billion Dollar Gold Belt Found in Southern Mali