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Calls for Zuma to resign
20 Dec 2013 at 10:34hrs | Views
Johannesburg - Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim has called on President Jacob Zuma to resign.
He made the statement at the special national congress of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA held in Boksburg on the East Rand.
Jim also said it was decided that Numsa would neither endorse nor support the African National Congress or any other party in the 2014 elections.
Numsa, South Africa's biggest union, will not support the ruling ANC in elections next year, its general secretary, Irvin Jim said on Friday.
The salvo from the 330 000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is also another sign that an alliance forged with the African National Congress in the struggle against apartheid is falling apart.
Numsa is the biggest bloc in the Cosatu labour grouping that is itself part of a formal three-way governing alliance with the ANC that also includes the Communist Party (SACP).
Numsa has, however, been at odds with all three, accusing them of pursuing pro-business policies.
He made the statement at the special national congress of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA held in Boksburg on the East Rand.
Jim also said it was decided that Numsa would neither endorse nor support the African National Congress or any other party in the 2014 elections.
The salvo from the 330 000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is also another sign that an alliance forged with the African National Congress in the struggle against apartheid is falling apart.
Numsa is the biggest bloc in the Cosatu labour grouping that is itself part of a formal three-way governing alliance with the ANC that also includes the Communist Party (SACP).
Numsa has, however, been at odds with all three, accusing them of pursuing pro-business policies.
Source - Reuters
