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Two of the biggest mining unions are at odds over retrenchments in the industry after several mining companies proposed restructuring operations.

The ongoing cost of living crisis has affected every shopper's food basket, but in November local prices in the Metro seem to have dropped slightly on certain core items.

The standoff between Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) as well as Gold One has taken another twist, after Amcu filed an urgent court application.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it has decided to terminate the close-shop agreement at Gold One Modder East Mine in Springs on Monday.

Anglo American Plc's De Beers on Thursday signed a five-year wage deal with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) which represents workers at its South African diamond operations.

Gold One Modder East Operations is working with the police to identify workers who were behind the recent three-day “hostage” drama.

A sub-contractor who was inadvertently caught up in the Gold One ‘hostage’ protest describes his three-day ordeal of hunger and thirst.

Mineworkers sang outside a Springs shaft, where more than 500 workers have been underground since Sunday

It took Gamelihle Jawuza 45 minutes to walk up from underground when he and other miners came to the surface on Wednesday at the Gold One Modder East shaft in Springs.

At stake is rivalry between the National Union of Mineworkers and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union.