South Africa’s largest union, Nehawu, has threatened to mobilise workers against Eastern Cape premier Phumulo Masualle if he does not resign.
Nehawu in the Eastern Cape held its provincial executive committee meeting over the weekend to “critically assess the state of the organisation”.
In a statement, the union’s provincial executive said departments and parastatals suffered a “knowledge deficit” and, together with lack of skills had led to mismanagement and a lack of decisive leadership.
“The lack of political will to change and transform this situation for the better has caused this province to remain at the bottom without any hope of improvement.”
The union blamed Masualle for these problems.
The PEC said the premier had failed to respond to the union’s demands delivered at a march in October 2018 and it called on him to resign.
It was “the honourable thing” to do, it stated.
The union also called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack Masualle.
Masualle’s spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said a task team had been established headed by finance MEC Oscar Mabuyane to engage the union...