Numsa in partnership with civil society and other unions will stage a national protest on corruption at the end of the month.
This was announced by the union’s president Andrew Chirwa at a press conference yesterday.
Chirwa said labour unions would join civil society in the Unite Against Corruption coalition to draw attention to problems created by corruption in the country.
During the protest, two major marches will take place on September 30.
They will be led by Numsa‚ the Federation of Unions of SA‚ National Union Council of Trade Unions and other independent unions.
One march will be to the Union Buildings in Pretoria while the other will go to the parliament in Cape Town.
“By joining the coalition‚ we are asserting that corruption does not only take place in the public sector. Our employers and the business sectors are directly involved in acts of corruption‚” said Chirwa.
Meanwhile, former Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi has dismissed a document which alleges he and several Numsa leaders are part of a conspiracy to topple the President Jacob Zuma-led government and replace it with a socialist one.
The document – allegedly from an unidentifiable newspaper reader whose e-mail address had been doctored – singles out Vavi, Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim and the union’s deputy secretary Carl Cloete as conveners of the plot, which has been dubbed the “Regime Change Initiative”.
Others allegedly involved include the United Front’s national coordinator Dinga Sikwebu; Zambian national Azwell Banda and former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils.
Vavi said he condemned the document “with utmost contempt”.
“The truth is that Vavi and the other union leaders and officials mentioned in the document have been involved solely in legitimate work to promote the interests of the workers and unite the trade union movement,” he said in an e-mailed response to questions.
The document claims Vavi’s and Kasrils’s roles are to conduct intelligence collection of people and issues of interests.
He said the operational centre (OC) mentioned in the document was simply a structure to organise work on behalf of those unions who opposed the expulsion of Numsa and his sacking.
“ is completely open about its activities,” said Vavi.
He said Kasrils was not involved in UF operations.
The document further accused Vavi and Jim of sourcing funding from international donors. It makes reference to a “secret meeting” in the US on January 7.
But Vavi said although they visited the US in January, they were not there to source funding.
Unions to stage anti-corruption protest
This was announced by the union’s president Andrew Chirwa at a press conference yesterday.
Chirwa said labour unions would join civil society in the Unite Against Corruption coalition to draw attention to problems created by corruption in the country.
During the protest, two major marches will take place on September 30.
They will be led by Numsa‚ the Federation of Unions of SA‚ National Union Council of Trade Unions and other independent unions.
One march will be to the Union Buildings in Pretoria while the other will go to the parliament in Cape Town.
“By joining the coalition‚ we are asserting that corruption does not only take place in the public sector. Our employers and the business sectors are directly involved in acts of corruption‚” said Chirwa.
Meanwhile, former Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi has dismissed a document which alleges he and several Numsa leaders are part of a conspiracy to topple the President Jacob Zuma-led government and replace it with a socialist one.
The document – allegedly from an unidentifiable newspaper reader whose e-mail address had been doctored – singles out Vavi, Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim and the union’s deputy secretary Carl Cloete as conveners of the plot, which has been dubbed the “Regime Change Initiative”.
Others allegedly involved include the United Front’s national coordinator Dinga Sikwebu; Zambian national Azwell Banda and former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils.
Vavi said he condemned the document “with utmost contempt”.
“The truth is that Vavi and the other union leaders and officials mentioned in the document have been involved solely in legitimate work to promote the interests of the workers and unite the trade union movement,” he said in an e-mailed response to questions.
The document claims Vavi’s and Kasrils’s roles are to conduct intelligence collection of people and issues of interests.
He said the operational centre (OC) mentioned in the document was simply a structure to organise work on behalf of those unions who opposed the expulsion of Numsa and his sacking.
“ is completely open about its activities,” said Vavi.
He said Kasrils was not involved in UF operations.
The document further accused Vavi and Jim of sourcing funding from international donors. It makes reference to a “secret meeting” in the US on January 7.
But Vavi said although they visited the US in January, they were not there to source funding.
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