Comrades, The situation is bad at the mines. Amcu is tribal movement whose core is tribalism,anarchy,violence,intolerance and criminality. They mobilise local unemployed youth from local communities to conduct their illegal activities. They believe in the use of force to settle agreements. You can't argue with them. They use guns and traditional weapons to deal with opponents.
A few months ago at Impala,people were killed by the same organisation. Some people had their car burnt by these thugs. I agree that the SANDF must be deployed in the area to deal with these thugs. The emergence of AMCU was as a result of the gap left by NUM. NUM in the mines in Rustenburg lacks leadership. The local leaders of NUM have sold workers many times and worker felt leaderless. That's why they were easily recruited by AMCU. NUM is used by comrades in the mines as a stepping stone to good positions. Some of them were moved from being mere Underground Assistants to Safety Officers within a short space of time. And once they occupy those positions,their views become diluted. Num must seriously look at capacitating local leaders in the Rustenburg Mines. The workers are leaderless as it stands. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:27:39 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] NUM - calls for a Special Task Force in the platinum mines There's a clear difference between rivalry fight for membership which must at all material times respect a constitutional right of association and criminality,persistent claim by police that they investigate perpetrators defeats right of justice of innocent victims,why don't they arrest AMCU criminals. Boingotlo Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: VC <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:03:11 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] NUM - calls for a Special Task Force in the platinum mines NUM *NUM Media Release, 13 August 2012* *NUM calls for a Special Task Force in the platinum mines* The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) condemns in the strongest possible words the continuous killings of innocent poor mineworkers in Rustenburg. The NUM is alarmed that the situation in the platinum mines and its escalating violence has been allowed to continue unabated by the law enforcement agencies in that area in North West Province. Six people which includes two members of the South African Police Services, two miners and two members of the mine security team have died in the senseless violence ravaging Lonmin. One of the two workers was stabbed whilst inside the mine premises last night whilst the other was shot five times this morning. The two members of the mine security were shot at whilst one of their cars was burnt down. "We call for the deployment of a special task force or the SANDF to deal decisively with the criminal elements in Rustenburg and its surrounding mines" says Frans Baleni, the NUM General Secretary. Meanwhile, some police officers have reportedly been disarmed of their service rifles and a huge group of these criminals has been seen gathering at the mountain top near Karee mine for a possible attack tonight. "We appeal for the deployment of the Special Task Force as a matter of urgency before things run out of hand. For months on end we have argued that the situation in Rustenburg requires special intervention and we seeing no difference" says Baleni. The NUM maintains that there have not been any clashes between its members and members of a rival union. "Our members have been attacked and that cannot be said to be clashes or rivalry, it is pure criminality" says Baleni. Meanwhile, there has not been any work at Karee mine today. *Frans Baleni, NUM General Secretary, 082 375 6443 Lesiba Seshoka, NUM National Spokesman, 082 803 6719 Lesiba Seshoka (Spokesman) National Union of Mineworkers 7 Rissik Street Cnr Frederick Johannesburg Tel: 011 377 2047 Cell: 082 803 6719 Web: www.num.org.za* -- 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] . -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. 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