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AMCU ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT ANOTHER MINEWORKER KILLED AT HARMONY
25 September 2026 SUMMARY: The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) is left asking several questions following another mineworker killed at Harmony Gold’s Moab Khotsong Mine in Orkney, North West. The Union calls for a thorough investigation into the causes and contributing factors and reiterates its call for urgent amendments to the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA). AMCU has received a report that a Development Team Leader was killed at Harmony Gold’s Moab Khotsong Mine in Orkney, North
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AMCU DEVASTATED BY FOURTH MINEWORKER KILLED AT SIBANYE
25 September 2026 SUMMARY: The Association of Mineworkers and Construction
AMCU OUTRAGED BY ANOTHER PREVENTABLE RAIL-BOUND EQUIPMENT FATALITY
18 September 2026 SUMMARY: AMCU has received a report that
AMCU OUTRAGED AS HARMONY GOLD REACHES 10 FATALITIES FOR THE YEAR
17 September 2026 SUMMARY: The Association of Mineworkers and Construction
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AMCU ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT ANOTHER MINEWORKER KILLED AT HARMONY
25 September 2026 SUMMARY: The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) is left asking several questions following another mineworker killed at Harmony Gold’s Moab
AMCU DEVASTATED BY FOURTH MINEWORKER KILLED AT SIBANYE
25 September 2026 SUMMARY: The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) is devastated upon hearing the news that a fourth mineworker was killed at
AMCU OUTRAGED BY ANOTHER PREVENTABLE RAIL-BOUND EQUIPMENT FATALITY
18 September 2026 SUMMARY: AMCU has received a report that a mineworker was killed at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde Mine in Limpopo Province. The Union points
AMCU OUTRAGED AS HARMONY GOLD REACHES 10 FATALITIES FOR THE YEAR
17 September 2026 SUMMARY: The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) expressed anger and outrage as Harmony recorded its tenth mining fatality in 2026.
AMCU SOUNDS ALARM AS CONTRACT WORKER FATALITIES SURGE
11 September 2026 SUMMARY: The South African Mining Industry has recorded 48 fatalities year to date, amid a severe spike in fatalities among contract workers,
AMCU ELATED AS SUGAR WAGE IMPASSE IS RESOLVED
9 September 2026 SUMMARY: The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) welcomes the settlement of the sugar manufacturing and refining industry wage impasse. The
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AMCU COMMEMORATES MAY DAY
On Friday, 1 May 2026 the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union “AMCU” gathered in numbers at the Wonderkop Stadium in Rustenburg. Even though AMCU
MAY DAY 2026 IN PICTURES
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) marked May Day 2026 in the heart of Marikana – at Wonderkop Stadium and the historic Marikana Koppie – the day marked a powerful remembrance
Van Der Merwe: Lily Mine disaster could have been avoided
The Lily Mine disaster, which claimed the lives of three mineworkers seven years ago, could have been avoided. Magistrate Annemarie van der Merwe of the
AMCU marking 11 years since the Marikana Massacre featured on SABC News
Watch this SABC News story that covers AMCU’s 11th commemoration of the Marikana massacre. It includes analysis by Thato Masiangoako, a researcher at the Socio-Economic
AMCU featured on the SABC News “Remembering Marikana” segment
AMCU’s event commemorating the 11th anniversary of the Marikana Massacre was featured on the SABC News “Remembering Marikana” segment that aired on the 16th of
AMCU Holds Government to Account
EWN.co.za reports that AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa reiterated AMCU’s stance that government is accountable for the tragedy at Marikana in his 11th Marikana Massacre Commemoration