Maybe General Bheke Cele must be called to intervene, he normally gets results! Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:08:29 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Fw: [COSATU Press] COSATU appalled at sexualassault of workers Absolutely horrific. The perpetrators deserves the harshest sentence possible! A super scandal on the side of the SAPS Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:06:31 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Fw: [COSATU Press] COSATU appalled at sexual assault of workers This is really a true reflection of how our people are still ill treated in areas where justice is non-existent!! Its absolutely disgusting that in this day in age we still have such cases. My concern is that cases where farm workers or workers in factories are victims, perpetrators get off because of their ability to afford defense lawyers with expertise and experience. . . The system remains exclusive to a certain class, to the detriment of the majority Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: "Patrick Craven" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:48:42 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [COSATU Press] COSATU appalled at sexual assault of workers cosatu RED logo COSATU appalled at sexual assault of workers The Congress of South African Trade Unions is disgusted and outraged at the assault and degradation of four young black workers by their employers at the AC Wendy carpentry factory in Blackheath, Cape Town. The attack happened at midnight on Tuesday 5th April 2011, after four workers, aged between 20 and 26, went to the factory to look for casual work. They were offered a day's employment and worked without a break from 7am to 11pm. When they asked to be paid, the bosses' response was first to beat them up and then held them at gunpoint and forced them to suck their private parts. They were then forced to drink water mixed with urine from toilet bowls. Under the new Sexual Offences Act, forcing someone to perform oral sex is considered to be rape. Afterwards, in what clearly reveals a political and racist motive for the assault, the bosses named the four "Zuma", "Blade", "Vavi" and "Malema" and demanded to know why black people had murdered AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche. The workers managed to escape and reported the incident at the Mfuleni police station, only to be told that because the perpetrators had guns, they would go to the factory another time. They then took the victims home without opening a case. COSATU congratulates the members of the Brian Bunting SACP Branch who led 300 community members on a march to the police station to demand the arrest of the alleged perpetrators. We are pleased that the SAPS have now arrested the factory owners and charged them with assault, indecent assault, crimen injuria and intimidation. They are to appear in the Blue Downs magistrate's court tomorrow, 14 April. COSATU supports the SACP's demand for a full investigation into the case and disciplinary action against those police officers who did not attend to the case when it was first reported. This horrifying story illustrates in the most grotesque and extreme manner how too many employers treat their workers. Those who argue for the relaxation of our 'inflexible' labour laws should take note of this case. It provides further proof that workers get not too much but too little protection from our laws, which are blatantly flouted by employers like these. Should the accused be found guilty, COSATU demand that harshest possible sentence be imposed on the accused, so as to send out a clear message that abuse, assault, racism, degradation and super-exploitation of workers will not be tolerated. Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson) Congress of South African Trade Unions 1-5 Leyds Cnr Biccard Streets Braamfontein 2017 P.O.Box 1019 Johannesburg South Africa Tel: +27 11 339-4911/24 Fax: +27 11 339-5080 / 6940 Mobile: +27 82 821 7456 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 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. 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