{"id":20467,"date":"2025-12-04T09:39:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T07:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-national-union-of-mineworkers-celebrates-43-years\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:47","slug":"sas-national-union-of-mineworkers-celebrates-43-years","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-national-union-of-mineworkers-celebrates-43-years\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s National Union of Mineworkers celebrates 43 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa (SA) marks its 43rd anniversary today, with a main commemoration event taking place in Matlosana, North West province.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The union was founded on this day in 1982 in Klerksdorp and quickly grew into one of the country\u2019s largest unions representing black mineworkers. Founding leaders included General Secretary Cyril Ramaphosa, President James Motlatsi, and Deputy President Elijah Barayi. In 1985, the NUM played a central role in establishing the Congress of South African Trade Unions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Union leaders, former members, and civil society figures are expected to attend today\u2019s celebrations. NUM Spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu highlighted the union\u2019s enduring influence, noting its pivotal role in advancing workers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a significant milestone, considering the role that NUM has played since its formation. Some of our leaders have gone on to make an impact in society and civil society. One of the most important battles was the 1987 strike, which lasted 21 days,\u201d Mammburu said. \u201cFollowing that strike, the NUM fought for black mineworkers to have a provident fund, which was established in 1989. Today, it is worth billions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14462,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-20467","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa (SA) marks its 43rd anniversary today","published_date":"2025-12-04 11:32:35","news_description":"National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa (SA) marks its 43rd anniversary today","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24494,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20467\/revisions\/24494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=20467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}