> > > NUMSA CONGRATULATES NUM PRESIDENT CDE SENZENI ZOKWANA ON HIS RE-ELECTION AS > ICEM PRESIDENT > > Monday 28 November 2011 > > The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the reliable and > trusted ally of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), congratulates Cde > Senzeni Zokwana, President of NUM and a member of PolitBuro (PB) of our > vanguard party of the working class and insurance guarantor for Socialism, > the SACP, on his re-election as President of International Chemical, Energy > and Mineworkers and General Workers Union, ICEM. > > Cde Zokwana was re-elected as ICEM President during its Congress held on the > 24 – 26 November 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the country of birth of > world’s revered revolutionary martyr and great symbol of internationalism Cde > Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. > > The re-election of Cde Zokwana affirms South Africa’s trade union movement > leading role in building worker-to-worker contact and internationalist > solidarity in the world as led by the Congress of South African Trade Unions > (COSATU). His re-election is a further proof of the sterling contribution > played by South African trade unionists and Communists alike in forging unity > of the working class in the world such as Comrades Moses Kotane, Moses > Mabhida, Michael Harmel and other great departed stalwarts of the trade union > movement in South Africa. > > This re-election of Cde Zokwana lays a solid foundation for COSATU and its > Affiliates to renew its historical ties with the workers of the world as led > by our class conscious and Socialist orientated allies in the World > Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) amidst the deepening crisis of Capitalism > in Europe and the United States (US). It was through the unprecedented > support of the WFTU with the help of the SACP that our struggle against > apartheid was elevated at a international scale and strong contacts were > established for the African National Congress (ANC) to pursue the liberation > struggle in exile. > > The ongoing global crisis of Capitalism in Europe and ousting of dictatorial > regimes by the workers and the poor of Africa is a living proof that a better > and alternative world is indeed possible. > > The militant and class conscious members of NUMSA wishes Cde Zokwana luck in > his leadership role in ICEM. > > Contact: > > Castro Ngobese, National Spokesperson > > Cell: +27 73 299 1595 > > Tel (dir): +27 11 689 1702 > > Email: [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NUMSA Media Releases" group. For archive, pages and files, visit this group > at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/numsa-media-releases > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > NUMSA's main web site is at http://www.numsa.org.za/
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