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*Zwelinzima Vavi receives death threat* The General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Zwelinzima Vavi, has received a letter containing a death threat. It says that “You will die like Molefi”. This is presumed to be a reference to Molefi Sefularo, the late Deputy Minister of Health, who died in a car accident outside Pretoria on 5 April 2010, and could imply that the writer knows that it was not an accident. The letter has been referred to the head of the SAPS, Bheki Cele, for investigation. But we also know that the best protection against such threats is the support of the masses. COSATU has no reason to associate this letter with the ANC National Working Committee’s decision to take disciplinary action against the General Secretary, but is not taking the threat lightly, especially in view of the murders in Mpumalanga and elsewhere which appear to be targeting people blowing the whistle on corruption. The federation will not however be driven to panic or paranoia by this letter. No amount of death threats or blackmail will cause us to scale down or abandon our campaign to end corruption. Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson) Congress of South African Trade Unions 1-5 Leyds Cnr Biccard Streets Braamfontein, 2017 P.O. Box 1019 Johannesburg, 2000 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 11 339-4911/24 Fax: +27 11 339-5080/6940/ 086 603 9667 Cell: 0828217456 E-Mail: [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "COSATU-press". Visit this group at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/COSATU-press for archived statements. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit the COSATU web site at http://www.cosatu.org.za/homep.htm -- Gugu Ndima +27 76 783 1516 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
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