After reading COSATU statement on what Malema has said, marching against the leadership of NUM. It clearly shows that the call by ANCYL for the nationalisation of mines was not the one that was wanted by all of us, SACP and the Freedom Charter included.
Malema clearly wanted a bail-out for his friends. Who are Malema's class rivals? It is not capital, it is not the comprador buorgeoisie etc, but the SACP, ANC and COSATU. Mzukisi Ronyuza On 9/11/12, Patrick Craven <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > COSATU condemns irresponsible statement by Julius Malema > > > > The Congress of South African Trade Unions condemns Julius Malema's > irresponsible call for "a national strike at all the mines until Frans > Baleni and the NUM leadership step down with immediate effect". > > He is playing a dangerous game, exploiting the emotions of angry > workers. This can only inflame tensions within the mining industry, > flames which he is quite incapable of quenching. > > > > It is revealing that his main target is not the capitalist employers, > who are responsible for the mine-workers' low wages and terrible > conditions, but their union, the National union of Mineworkers. > > COSATU urges the workers not to allow themselves to be used as a > political football, to remain united and strong and to focus their anger > on their real enemy, the mining bosses. > > > > > > Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson) > > Congress of South African Trade Unions > > 110 Jorissen Cnr Simmonds Street > > Braamfontein > > 2017 > > > > P.O.Box 1019 > > Johannesburg > > 2000 > > South Africa > > > > Tel: +27 11 339-4911 or Direct: +27 10 219-1339 > > 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. 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] .
