NUMSA Press Statements
NUMSA Press Statement 13 August 2026 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) rejects the comments made by Professor Anton Eberhard whom NUMSA regards through his conduct as nothing less than a hired “World Bank Inkabi” who has
NUMSA Press Statement 6 August 2026 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is proud to announce that, after good-faith collective bargaining, we have concluded a new wage agreement with Wonderfontein Mine (Pty) Ltd for the period 1
NUMSA Press Statement 31 July 2026 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), representing over 300,000 metalworkers, stands shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity with our comrades of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)—specifically Warehouse Local 6 and Longshore Local
NUMSA Press Statement 30 July 2026 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) welcomes the landmark judgment handed down on 27 July 2026 by Acting Judge Tyuthuza in the High Court of South Africa (Northern Cape Division, Kimberley).
NUMSA Press Statement 25 July 2026 NUMSA condemns the Trump allies in Congress who have subpoenaed Breakthrough News and The People’s Forum, together with other progressive organisations. On 21 July 2026, the House Ways and Means Committee demanded both organisation’s
NUMSA Press Statement 24 July 2026 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) confirms members are on strike at Atlantis and Townland Mine, based in Botshabelo Local, Mpumalanga. NUMSA members submitted demands to the employer on 15 April
NUMSA Press Statement 23 July 2026 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) salutes the heroic, unyielding NUMSA members at First Battery in East London! When management targeted 125 workers with forced retrenchments, NUMSA did not back down.
NUMSA Press Statement 8 July 2026 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is making an urgent, call to all relevant stakeholders to intervene immediately and halt the impending slaughter of jobs at Transalloys—South Africa’s last remaining manganese
NUMSA Press Statement 7 July 2026 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) confirms that members at Nigel John Riley (NJR) Steel Potchefstroom have embarked on an indefinite protected industrial action at employer’s premises on 6 July 2026.