labour tarif for mining sector in south africa

The Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides for collective bargaining and strike action, but collective bargaining in the South African mining sector is failing and has not produced the desired result.

In 2020, mining added 8.40%, or R371.90-billion in nominal terms, to gross domestic product (GDP). Mining also provides the single greatest part of South Africa's export revenues and employs directly, and indirectly, more people than any other comparable sector. The industry in 2020 provided direct employment to more than 452 …

This records an increase from the previous number of 408.943 Person th for Sep 2023. South Africa Employment: Labour Force Survey: Mining data is updated …

The South African mining sector employed 458,954 in 2021.1 These make the mining sector a vital industry for the LRS to monitor. The rich data extracted from the LRSs …

the mining sector contributed more than 60% to the country's total earnings (between 1980 and 1990 the sector contributed an annual average of 6216% to the country export earnings) By the end of the Figure 1: Mining gross value added as a % of GDP: South Africa (1993–2012) Source: Stats SA Figure 2: South Africa mining sector …

The mining industry has also embraced collaborative efforts and in South Africa, mining companies must submit such a collaborative plan to obtain a mining licence. This paper examines this attempt of collaboration between local government and mining companies in Rustenburg South Africa.

Mining Sector Wages in South Africa. 1.4 The Changing Contribution of the South African Mining Sector 2 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.1 Wage Determination in South African Mining Sector 7 2.2 Industrial Relations in South Africa 8 2.3 Labour Laws in South Africa 10 2.4 Centralised and Non-centralised Collective Bargaining in South Africa 11

Africa is a major producer of many key mineral commodities, with bountiful reserves of metals and minerals such as gold, diamond, cobalt, bauxite, iron ore, coal, and copper across the continent ...

South Africa's gold-mining industry, and ultimately the economic well-being of the country. Walt, Thasi, Jonck, & Chipunza (AJBER) Volume 11, Issue 1, 20 16, Pp 141-181

In the early 1990s, South Africa had an extremely complex and opaque tariff structure, with the highest numbers of tariff lines and tariff rates in the world, the widest range of tariffs and the second highest level of dispersion (Belli et al., 1993; Hviding, 2005).However, mean tariff levels were not especially high by international standards, …

The South African mining sector has faced its own fair share of challenges over the past few years. Changes in economy, complexities with labour, rising costs, and political uncertainty have taken their toll on an industry once known for its stability. In 2020, this picture has slowly changed, in spite of an even more uncertain and …

This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and NGO sources on child labour in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in Asia and Africa. ASM refers to small ...

A successful mining industry in South Africa is in the interest of all stakeholders – whether directly and indirectly linked to it – i.e. mining companies, government, investors, communities, labour (including unions) and the broader South African economy. Yet, the industry finds itself at a difficult juncture, with a future that has …

The South African Labour Relations Act ("LRA"), Basic Conditions of Employment Act ("BCEA"), and the Mine Health and Safety Act, among others, set out …

recruitment pool for women in the mining sector, while ESG with a gender focus lens will further broaden the type, number, and relevance of employment categories in the future. Recommendations The key recommendations are: 1. Elaborate on the National Gender Policy and strategy for the mining sector 2.

Implementing the global minimum corporate tax. This proposes that from 1 January 2024, South African multinationals with annual revenue exceeding €750 million will have an effective tax rate of at least 15%, regardless of where the profits are earned. This is in line with the OECD's base erosion and profit-sharing framework.

Abstract. For decades South Africa's mining sector has been profiteering while neglecting mining communities' development needs. Most of these communities now have social problems. Recently, forces outside the sector – globalisation, the government, the communities themselves – have pressured the mining organisations to become …

1.5.2 Intent. The aim of the policy will be to develop South Africa's mineral wealth to its full potential and to the maximum benefit of the entire population. Government, therefore, will promote the establishment of secondary and tertiary mineral-based industries aimed at adding maximum value to raw materials.

South Africa's tumultuous history, marked by socio-economic imbalances, has necessitated redressive measures in every sector. As a leading economic driver, the mining industry isn't exempt. Enter the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (" MPRDA "), which mandates Social Labour Plans to ensure mining companies …

Fine and Rustomjee posit that South Africa has been a leading global supplier of minerals and mineral products for a long time.Neingo and Tholana aver that …

The current forecast is that coal sector employment increase by 1.0% as a minimum and growth of 2.0% as an optimistic forecast. The employment levels for 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2025 are shown below in Table 3 and shown in Figure 13. Table 3: Coal Employment Estimates for 2012 to 2025. 2012. 2016.

The number of women working in the mining sector has increased from around 11,400 in 2002 to 56,691 in 2019. Women only represented 12% of South Africa's total mining labour force of 454,861 people in 2019 – which means we still have a long way to go. Gender equality and closing the gender gap is one of the mining sector's priorities.

January 7, 2021. 2020 was a year of many firsts with countless lessons learnt across the board. For the mining sector – key issues for 2021 will be on adopting lessons from the successful response to the pandemic to other aspects of risk management within their businesses; continuing to build a culture of sustainability and managing the risks ...

January 10, 2024. South African mining companies are re-evaluating their Social and Labour Plans (SLPs) to ensure they generate more effective and beneficial outcomes. As mandated tools for improving the impacts of mining in South Africa, SLPs have shown room for improvement, particularly in community engagement and consultation.

With South Africa being one of the most diverse countries on the African continent, equity and inclusion are critical to the future of every sector in its economy. For the mining sector in particular, failure to achieve equity of the workplace could come with greater punitive consequences. In 2020, the Department of Employment and Labour ...

The current forecast is that coal sector employment increase by 1.0% as a minimum and growth of 2.0% as an optimistic forecast. The employment levels for 2012, 2016, 2021 …

Francis Wilson. 'Miners and Migrants: How the Mining Industry Has Shaped South Africa', Daedalus. Vol. 130, No. 1, Winter 2001, p. 104. Those laws bound labourers to an employer and were often reinforced by Masters and Servants Acts which made a breach of contract a criminal offence. Feinstein. An Economic History of South …

February 14, 2023. South Africa's mining sector has historically contributed significantly to economic growth and employment – and the country has the clear potential to strengthen its position as a supplier of critical minerals if the industry can overcome the challenges that constrain its development, according to the Boston Consulting Group.

Pressure is high for Ramaphosa's administration to reassert the global competitiveness of the nation's mining sector. In 2020, South Africa came 60th out of 77 jurisdictions in the Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of Mining and Exploration Companies report, fourth bottom out of 13 African countries while Botswana topped Africa's list ...

gold mining. Abstract: Development of the deep-level, low-grade deposits of the Rand represented a revolution in the science and technology of gold-mining which had a decisive impact upon the demand for labour within the industry itself and within southern Africa. In the course of this developing revolution, labour came to be distributed by the ...

South Africa's mining employment 2011-2022. In 2022, a total of 475,561 people were employed by South Africa's mining industry. This figure has remained relatively stable in recent years. The ...

1 INTRODUCTION. Work is an important part of a person's life because generally it helps meet a person's needs and enables a decent life. 1 However, it may also be dangerous, especially for employees in the mining sector. 2 The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is the latest phase in technological change taking place around us that has an impact on …

INTRODUCTION. In South Africa, the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 ("MPRDA"), is the primary regulatory framework for the exploitation of mineral resources in …