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The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is demanding a 10% wage increase for motor industry employees, citing stagnant wages and rising living costs as critical issues for its members.
NUMSA President Andrew Chirwa has called for economic transformation in South Africa, criticising the current system that favours 'white monopoly capital' while condemning the working class to poverty.
The mining industry recorded 42 fatalities this year, and no disaster-type accidents were reported in 2024 compared to one accident in 2023, where 13 mine employees lost their lives in a conveyance accident.