South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's nationalassociation football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations; in 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals.
The matches were played in 10 stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.
The Xhosa Wars (also known as the Cape Frontier Wars or "Africa's 100 Years War"), were a series of nine wars or flare-ups (from 1779 to 1879) between the Xhosa tribes and European settlers in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa. These events were the longest-running military action in the history of African colonialism.
The reality of the conflicts between the Europeans and Xhosa involves a balance of tension. At times, tensions existed between the various Europeans in the Cape region, tensions between Empire administration and colonial governments, and tensions and alliances of the Xhosa tribes. Alliances with Europeans introduced to the Xhosa tribes the use of firearms; even so, the Xhosa lost most of their territory and were incorporated into the British Empire. The Xhosa include some groups that have adopted the Xhosa language and several groups that are now classed as being Xhosa, such as the Mfengu nation, that had an alliance with the Cape Colony.
Background
The first European settlers in the Cape were the Dutch who, in 1652, established a small supply station at present-day Cape Town for their trading ships to stop for supplies en route to and from the East Indies. European settlement in and around Cape Town later spread into the valleys. By the second half of the 18th century, Europeans, predominantly trekboers, moved eastward up the coast and encountered the Xhosa in the region of the Great Fish River. The Xhosa were already established in the area and herded cattle. Competition for land ensued, particularly after the arrival of several groups of British settlers in 1820.
NUM campaigned successfully in the 1980s for the end of the job reservation system, a system which ensured that the best-paid jobs were allocated to whites.
On 4 December 2007, the Union went on strike to protest working conditions in South Africa's mines. The strike was spurred on by a rise in worker fatalities from 2006 to 2007, despite a government plan in October to reduce fatalities. Less than 5% of mineworkers came to work on that day.
2012 wildcat strikes
On 10 August 2012, thousands of NUM members began a series of wildcat strikes at Lonmin's Marikana mines linked to demands for increased pay. The following day, NUM leaders allegedly opened fire on striking NUM members who were marching to their offices to demand support from their union - an incident now acknowledge as the first violent incident during the strikes. It is said in the media that the killing of two striking miners was a central reason for the breakdown in trust within the union amongst workers. In a submission to the Farlam Commission, NUM has said that lethal force on this day was justified.
The South Wales Miners' Industrial Union, a non-political union set up in 1926 and backed by colliery owners. After a series of strikes in the 1930s by the SWMF it was disbanded in 1938. In 1940, the SWMF also started representing miners in the Forest of Dean.
In 1945, the MFGB became the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), and the Fed became the NUM (South Wales Area), with less autonomy than before.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a trade union for coal miners in Great Britain, formed in 1945 from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB). The NUM took part in three national miners' strikes, in 1972, 1974 and 1984–85. After the 1984–85 strike and the subsequent closure of most of Britain's coal mines, it became a much smaller union.
In January 1945 the MFGB was superseded by the National Union of Mineworkers. Within the organisation, each coalfield continued to exercise a degree of autonomy, having its own district association, president, general secretary, and headquarters. Originally, a national strike required a two-thirds majority in a ballot of members but proved near impossible to achieve and the majority was reduced to 55% in 1970 and to 50% in 1984. Regions of the union could call their own strikes. Different areas varied as to how militant they were and it was not uncommon for animosity to exist between areas.
Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) is one of the most powerful of Namibia's trade unions. It plays a leading public role in the Namibian political space and is an ally of the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) government.
National Union of Mineworkers marks 40th anniversary
The National Union of Mineworkers, NUM, marks its 40th anniversary. This comes at a time when the country has seen several job losses in the mining sector.
NUM has raised concerns that the closure of a coal power station in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, will be a setback and turn the place into a ghost town.
The closure of some platinum mines in the Sekhukhune district has also led to illegal mining which is affecting the industry heavily.
To tell us more we now cross to SABC news reporter Pimani Baloyi who is with our video journalist Gift Kganyago.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
published: 03 Dec 2022
National Union of Mineworkers to seek pay rises
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers says that it will seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate.
published: 21 May 2013
National Union of Mineworkers elects new leadership led by Daniel Balepile
The three-day national congress of the National Union of Mineworkers was held in Ekurhuleni. - where Daniel Balepile, the former chairperson of NUM's largest area, Rustenburg, was elected as its new president. About 336 delegates favoured Balepile, while 329 backed former union president Joseph Montisetse. Balepile to discuss his new appointment.
Tune into Newzroom Afrika, DSTV channel 405 for more details.
published: 03 Apr 2022
Jack Taylor Statement on the National Union of Mineworkers Protests, 1984
Jack Taylor Statement on the National Union of Mineworkers Protests, 1984 from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref AW42 available in SD. For commercial projects only. To order the clip clean and high res, or to find out more about our various archive collections, visit http://www.kinolibrary.com.
Discover our brilliant range of archive footage here: https://stories.kinolibrary.com/collection-highlights/
Jack Taylor gives a statement on the Miners' Strikes from inside the N.U.M headquarters.
Find more archive footage of the 1980s UK Miners' Strike
here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK2s1qtdGAueru7oJIfNOAh_5EEhCSXs6
miners' strikes, protest, national union of mineworkers, num, UK
Kinolibrary is a commercial archive film agency supplying high quality, rare and...
published: 17 Oct 2022
Naki Masibulele: National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
National Day of Health and Safety in Mining 2022 virtual event
published: 04 Aug 2022
National Union of Mineworkers calls for the dissolution of the Eskom board
The National Union of Mineworkers has marched on Eskom's offices in Bellville in Cape Town. The union says Eskom is being mismanaged and demands, among others, that the unbundling of the power utility be stopped. The SACP as well as other unions joined in to lend their support.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and also #SABCNews #Coronavirus #COVID19News #Covid-19Vaccination #Vaccine on Social Media.
published: 11 Dec 2021
South Africa's Mine Workers Strike
The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) on Monday, marched on the Eskom head office on the outskirts of Johannesburg. They were there to hand over a memorandum, protesting against Eskom being declared an essential service. The Union also wants Eskom to stop a restructuring process at the power plant. About 16000 of the 25000 staff at Eskom are members of National Union of Mineworkers. Angelo Coppola has the latest
published: 05 Aug 2014
NUM reiterates support for Ramaphosa
The National Union of Mineworkers has celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
The celebration was however marred by last-minute cancellations by some senior ANC leaders, who were scheduled to deliver messages of support as part of the tripartite alliance.
NUM also reiterated its support for the ANC president and one of its founding members, Cyril Ramaphosa following the release of the expert panel report into his conduct relating to the 2020 robbery at his Phalapphala farm.
SABC News Senior Reporter Pimani Baloyi and video journalist Gift Kganyago filed this report.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
published: 03 Dec 2022
National Union of Mineworkers 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner
National Union of Mineworkers 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner
25 May 2012
published: 01 Jun 2012
South Africa Mineworkers' Union leaders discuss issues plaguing sector
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers has spent last week in the annual central committee meeting, discussing a range of issues facing their members and the mining industry. Union leaders emphasized that members would be supporting the ruling party in its drive to maintain and increase their hold on local and provincial power. Angelo Coppola with the story.
The National Union of Mineworkers, NUM, marks its 40th anniversary. This comes at a time when the country has seen several job losses in the mining sector.
NU...
The National Union of Mineworkers, NUM, marks its 40th anniversary. This comes at a time when the country has seen several job losses in the mining sector.
NUM has raised concerns that the closure of a coal power station in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, will be a setback and turn the place into a ghost town.
The closure of some platinum mines in the Sekhukhune district has also led to illegal mining which is affecting the industry heavily.
To tell us more we now cross to SABC news reporter Pimani Baloyi who is with our video journalist Gift Kganyago.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
The National Union of Mineworkers, NUM, marks its 40th anniversary. This comes at a time when the country has seen several job losses in the mining sector.
NUM has raised concerns that the closure of a coal power station in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, will be a setback and turn the place into a ghost town.
The closure of some platinum mines in the Sekhukhune district has also led to illegal mining which is affecting the industry heavily.
To tell us more we now cross to SABC news reporter Pimani Baloyi who is with our video journalist Gift Kganyago.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers says that it will seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh st...
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers says that it will seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers says that it will seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate.
The three-day national congress of the National Union of Mineworkers was held in Ekurhuleni. - where Daniel Balepile, the former chairperson of NUM's largest ar...
The three-day national congress of the National Union of Mineworkers was held in Ekurhuleni. - where Daniel Balepile, the former chairperson of NUM's largest area, Rustenburg, was elected as its new president. About 336 delegates favoured Balepile, while 329 backed former union president Joseph Montisetse. Balepile to discuss his new appointment.
Tune into Newzroom Afrika, DSTV channel 405 for more details.
The three-day national congress of the National Union of Mineworkers was held in Ekurhuleni. - where Daniel Balepile, the former chairperson of NUM's largest area, Rustenburg, was elected as its new president. About 336 delegates favoured Balepile, while 329 backed former union president Joseph Montisetse. Balepile to discuss his new appointment.
Tune into Newzroom Afrika, DSTV channel 405 for more details.
Jack Taylor Statement on the National Union of Mineworkers Protests, 1984 from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref AW42 available in SD. For comm...
Jack Taylor Statement on the National Union of Mineworkers Protests, 1984 from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref AW42 available in SD. For commercial projects only. To order the clip clean and high res, or to find out more about our various archive collections, visit http://www.kinolibrary.com.
Discover our brilliant range of archive footage here: https://stories.kinolibrary.com/collection-highlights/
Jack Taylor gives a statement on the Miners' Strikes from inside the N.U.M headquarters.
Find more archive footage of the 1980s UK Miners' Strike
here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK2s1qtdGAueru7oJIfNOAh_5EEhCSXs6
miners' strikes, protest, national union of mineworkers, num, UK
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Jack Taylor Statement on the National Union of Mineworkers Protests, 1984 from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref AW42 available in SD. For commercial projects only. To order the clip clean and high res, or to find out more about our various archive collections, visit http://www.kinolibrary.com.
Discover our brilliant range of archive footage here: https://stories.kinolibrary.com/collection-highlights/
Jack Taylor gives a statement on the Miners' Strikes from inside the N.U.M headquarters.
Find more archive footage of the 1980s UK Miners' Strike
here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK2s1qtdGAueru7oJIfNOAh_5EEhCSXs6
miners' strikes, protest, national union of mineworkers, num, UK
Kinolibrary is a commercial archive film agency supplying high quality, rare and inspiring footage to media professionals. Our collections cover a wealth of eclectic and intriguing themes, locations and eras
WEBSITE: http://kinolibrary.com/
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The National Union of Mineworkers has marched on Eskom's offices in Bellville in Cape Town. The union says Eskom is being mismanaged and demands, among others, ...
The National Union of Mineworkers has marched on Eskom's offices in Bellville in Cape Town. The union says Eskom is being mismanaged and demands, among others, that the unbundling of the power utility be stopped. The SACP as well as other unions joined in to lend their support.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and also #SABCNews #Coronavirus #COVID19News #Covid-19Vaccination #Vaccine on Social Media.
The National Union of Mineworkers has marched on Eskom's offices in Bellville in Cape Town. The union says Eskom is being mismanaged and demands, among others, that the unbundling of the power utility be stopped. The SACP as well as other unions joined in to lend their support.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and also #SABCNews #Coronavirus #COVID19News #Covid-19Vaccination #Vaccine on Social Media.
The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) on Monday, marched on the Eskom head office on the outskirts of Johannesburg. They were there to hand over a memorandum,...
The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) on Monday, marched on the Eskom head office on the outskirts of Johannesburg. They were there to hand over a memorandum, protesting against Eskom being declared an essential service. The Union also wants Eskom to stop a restructuring process at the power plant. About 16000 of the 25000 staff at Eskom are members of National Union of Mineworkers. Angelo Coppola has the latest
The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) on Monday, marched on the Eskom head office on the outskirts of Johannesburg. They were there to hand over a memorandum, protesting against Eskom being declared an essential service. The Union also wants Eskom to stop a restructuring process at the power plant. About 16000 of the 25000 staff at Eskom are members of National Union of Mineworkers. Angelo Coppola has the latest
The National Union of Mineworkers has celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
The celebration was however marred by last...
The National Union of Mineworkers has celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
The celebration was however marred by last-minute cancellations by some senior ANC leaders, who were scheduled to deliver messages of support as part of the tripartite alliance.
NUM also reiterated its support for the ANC president and one of its founding members, Cyril Ramaphosa following the release of the expert panel report into his conduct relating to the 2020 robbery at his Phalapphala farm.
SABC News Senior Reporter Pimani Baloyi and video journalist Gift Kganyago filed this report.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
The National Union of Mineworkers has celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
The celebration was however marred by last-minute cancellations by some senior ANC leaders, who were scheduled to deliver messages of support as part of the tripartite alliance.
NUM also reiterated its support for the ANC president and one of its founding members, Cyril Ramaphosa following the release of the expert panel report into his conduct relating to the 2020 robbery at his Phalapphala farm.
SABC News Senior Reporter Pimani Baloyi and video journalist Gift Kganyago filed this report.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers has spent last week in the annual central committee meeting, discussing a range of issues facing their members and ...
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers has spent last week in the annual central committee meeting, discussing a range of issues facing their members and the mining industry. Union leaders emphasized that members would be supporting the ruling party in its drive to maintain and increase their hold on local and provincial power. Angelo Coppola with the story.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers has spent last week in the annual central committee meeting, discussing a range of issues facing their members and the mining industry. Union leaders emphasized that members would be supporting the ruling party in its drive to maintain and increase their hold on local and provincial power. Angelo Coppola with the story.
The National Union of Mineworkers, NUM, marks its 40th anniversary. This comes at a time when the country has seen several job losses in the mining sector.
NUM has raised concerns that the closure of a coal power station in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, will be a setback and turn the place into a ghost town.
The closure of some platinum mines in the Sekhukhune district has also led to illegal mining which is affecting the industry heavily.
To tell us more we now cross to SABC news reporter Pimani Baloyi who is with our video journalist Gift Kganyago.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers says that it will seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate.
The three-day national congress of the National Union of Mineworkers was held in Ekurhuleni. - where Daniel Balepile, the former chairperson of NUM's largest area, Rustenburg, was elected as its new president. About 336 delegates favoured Balepile, while 329 backed former union president Joseph Montisetse. Balepile to discuss his new appointment.
Tune into Newzroom Afrika, DSTV channel 405 for more details.
Jack Taylor Statement on the National Union of Mineworkers Protests, 1984 from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref AW42 available in SD. For commercial projects only. To order the clip clean and high res, or to find out more about our various archive collections, visit http://www.kinolibrary.com.
Discover our brilliant range of archive footage here: https://stories.kinolibrary.com/collection-highlights/
Jack Taylor gives a statement on the Miners' Strikes from inside the N.U.M headquarters.
Find more archive footage of the 1980s UK Miners' Strike
here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK2s1qtdGAueru7oJIfNOAh_5EEhCSXs6
miners' strikes, protest, national union of mineworkers, num, UK
Kinolibrary is a commercial archive film agency supplying high quality, rare and inspiring footage to media professionals. Our collections cover a wealth of eclectic and intriguing themes, locations and eras
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The National Union of Mineworkers has marched on Eskom's offices in Bellville in Cape Town. The union says Eskom is being mismanaged and demands, among others, that the unbundling of the power utility be stopped. The SACP as well as other unions joined in to lend their support.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and also #SABCNews #Coronavirus #COVID19News #Covid-19Vaccination #Vaccine on Social Media.
The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) on Monday, marched on the Eskom head office on the outskirts of Johannesburg. They were there to hand over a memorandum, protesting against Eskom being declared an essential service. The Union also wants Eskom to stop a restructuring process at the power plant. About 16000 of the 25000 staff at Eskom are members of National Union of Mineworkers. Angelo Coppola has the latest
The National Union of Mineworkers has celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
The celebration was however marred by last-minute cancellations by some senior ANC leaders, who were scheduled to deliver messages of support as part of the tripartite alliance.
NUM also reiterated its support for the ANC president and one of its founding members, Cyril Ramaphosa following the release of the expert panel report into his conduct relating to the 2020 robbery at his Phalapphala farm.
SABC News Senior Reporter Pimani Baloyi and video journalist Gift Kganyago filed this report.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers has spent last week in the annual central committee meeting, discussing a range of issues facing their members and the mining industry. Union leaders emphasized that members would be supporting the ruling party in its drive to maintain and increase their hold on local and provincial power. Angelo Coppola with the story.
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language.