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Hundreds of miners who staged a ‘sit-in’ at the Blyvoor Gold Mine in western Gauteng on Wednesday returned to the surface late Thursday.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said that about 230 mine workers at Blyvoor who went underground for the morning shift on Wednesday refused to come to the surface. The union said their main grievance is that they want to join the NUM at a mine with a closed-shop agreement with an in-hou...

Swart was reportedly shot dead while driving to work shortly before 7am, according to a local newspaper, the Zululand Observer. It reported police had confirmed the incident and that more than 20 high-calibre bullets had been fired into his vehicle. The attack has all the hallmarks of a planned hit. Read here.  Rio Tinto did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but MiningMX, a news site focused on the industry, quoted the company as saying: “The circumstances of the shooting are unknown at this stage and the incident is being investigated by the South African Police Services ...

A Blyvoor Gold source said about 60% of the workforce has returned after about seven weeks of disruption followed the murder of company director and Blyvoor Workers’ Union (BWU) leader Wels Sempe.  Located near Carletonville, Blyvoor went into liquidation after it was crippled by a violent wildcat strike in 2012. Over R1-billion in investment, most of it foreign, has been raised in recent years to get the mine back on its feet. But union rivalry brought it to a standstill in March. “The police were failing to follow an interdict instructing them to arrest people causing disturbances on m...

Friday 16 April 2021 - 8:45am Who killed Blyvoor gold mine’s director Wels Sempe, and will the assassination derail the mine’s recovery? eNCA's Govan Whittles finds out. Courtesy #DStv403 JOHANNESBURG - Who killed Blyvoor gold mine’s director Wels Sempe and will the assassination derail the mine’s recovery? These are the questions being asked by mine management and workers alike, who are currently facing off over union representation and jobs.