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The New Age reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday that it was unconvinced that data released by Statistics SA reporting mining job increases of 1.8% (or 8,000 jobs) was a true reflection as retrenchments remained a scourge in mining.
Pointing to the situation at Sibanye Gold’s Cooke operations, where close to 1,100 of the NUM members have been dismissed, spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu said: “We do not really see mining jobs increases that Stats SA is reporting about. Things on the ground have been experienced differently by the NUM.” He went on to say: “As the NUM we do not know if these increases in mining jobs are sustainable or not. If the report by Stats SA is true we then welcome it but our members encounter the daily threats of retrenchments and dismissals as they are common features in the South African mining industry.” Mammburu said Stats SA should have identified whether coal, platinum or gold mining were the drivers of the increase in mining jobs.
- Read this report by Refilwe Magashule in full at The New Age
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