Union threatens to down tools at De Beers’ SA operations

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), on Friday threatened to embark on industrial action across all local operations of diamond giant De Beers. This comes after the miner served workers with section 189 notices to inform them that...

SA union vows to fight retrenchments at De Beers mine

outh Africa's powerful National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday that it would take diamond giant De Beers "to the cleaners" over impending retrenchments at its Finsch mine, in the Northern Cape province. This comes after the miner...