NUM5.jpg NUM Press Statement, 31 August 2015 NUM welcomes the court ruling on the killing of its members The murder case that started after the murder of two NUM members in Carletonville on the 22nd November 2012 has been finalized in the Oberholzer Regional Court in Carletonville today, 31st August 2015. This is the case against six AMCU members who were involved in the killing that took place next to the NUM branch offices in one of Harmony mine's Kusasalethu operation. At the time of the incident, the NUM Branch leadership was in the office. A total of five out of six has been found guilty, two for murder and were sentenced to twelve years in prison, three found guilty for Public violence and each received suspended sentence of five years, one was acquitted. "The sentence handed down today has vindicated NUM as it has always said that its members are harassed, intimidated and killed for merely associating themselves with the Union. This sentence will send a very strong and vivid message to all those who find it difficult to tolerate competition", said Mbuyiseli Hibana NUM Carletonville Regional Secretary. The NUM is now waiting for the finalization of another case that is sitting on the 2nd of September 2015 against the members of the same union who stripped naked a female member of NUM in front of the Company management. For more information, please contact: Mbuyiseli Hibana, NUM Carletonville Regional Secretary, 082 883 7291 Livhuwani Mammburu, Acting NUM National Spokesperson, 083 809 3257 The National Union of Mineworkers 7 Rissik Street. Cnr Frederick Johannesburg Tel: 011 377 2111 Cell: 083 809 3257 Web: <http://www.num.org.za> www.num.org.za Twitter: @Num_Media Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/pages/NUM/100860023402167> https://www.facebook.com/pages/NUM/100860023402167 -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
