COSATU+North+West+response+on+the+political+environment

PRESS STATEMENT
=//COSATU North West’s response on the political environment towards our National Congress in September 2006//=

The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the North West Province condemns the statements in the media in relation to our federation.

Our federation is not a platform for capitalist opportunists to use for their own political careers on the government ‘gravy train’. We call upon all our members in the province not to allow anybody from business, political parties or civil society to confuse and influence your minds through the media painting a picture of corruption in our federation. As we approach our National Congress, we must refuse to be told who is to be our leader by a few politicians, capitalists and some spies in our federation.

We need to emphasize very strongly that this federation called COSATU is not going to be led into the mud by people who submit to the dictates of petty bourgeois people who want to see the workers of this country being undermined by those in power in government and capital. Power must be exercised in line with specific powers granted by our constitution and it must be used to build the federation, not to tear it into pieces.

COSATU members know what they want; therefore they should not lose track on the basis of articles in papers and the petty bourgeoisie, who want to increase their power within COSATU. We call upon all COSATU members to protect our leaders.

On behalf of COSATU North West members.


 * For more information please contact COSATU Provincial Secretary Solly Phetoe on 082 304 4055**

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