 Union: Show Manyi the door now Johannesburg - Government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi must be fired for his racial statements, the South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) said on Monday. “We condemn his statement and call upon the Zuma administration to show commitment to non-racialism and a working class bias to dismiss him,” Samwu general secretary Mthandeki Nhlapo told reporters in Johannesburg. He said Manyi's comments represent the arrogance of the African section of the middle class. Manyi said in a show broadcast on KykNet's Robinson Regstreeks in March 2010 that there was an “over supply” of coloured people in the Western Cape. At the time he was the director-general of the Labour Department. The comments caused a public outcry, culminating in the publishing of an open letter to him from National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel, who called Manyi a “worst-order racist”. Last week President Jacob Zuma called for restraint in the racial stand-off. He said no-one should use race for political grandstanding. – Sapa -- 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] . |
