It will be very interesting to see who will take over from Cde Vavi. In the last congress comrade Vavi indicated that he wont stand for re-election just like Cde JZ. I however think that it is imperative for COSATU to strategically elect one of the two comrades ( Jim or Baleni) as the Deputy secretary of COSATU in the upcoming congress.
Soso----WC On 12/15/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Surely NUMSA would certainly do that.... Haaibo it's obvious... > > I hope the Central Committee sat well... > > Madala.. > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:05:37 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Numsa backs Vavi’s position on > secrecy bill - Business Day > > > Business Day > > > *Numsa backs Vavi’s position on secrecy bill* > > * > * > *Sibongakonke Shoba and Alistair Anderson, Business Day, Johannesburg, > 15 December 2011* > > THE National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) yesterday moved to > defend Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary > Zwelinzima Vavi on the Protection of State Information Bill, saying > there was a need to maintain a balance between withholding sensitive > state information and making it public through the media. > > Mr Vavi has strongly opposed the bill in its current form — insisting a > public interest clause be inserted before it is signed into law by > President Jacob Zuma. This has angered some within the African National > Congress-led tripartite alliance. The South African Communist Party > (SACP) has criticised Mr Vavi’s position on the matter. > > However, Cosatu unions are backing their leader’s position. Numsa > general secretary Irvin Jim said yesterday that the union supported Mr > Vavi’s position. "The central committee of Numsa is fully in agreement > with the latest position as articulated by the general secretary of > Cosatu in relation to the information bill," he said. > > "There is a need to introduce a public interest defence that would > maintain a balance between the restrictions legitimately placed on state > information against disclosures and media publication of such > information in the public interest," Mr Jim said. > > He said Mr Vavi was being singled out when opposition to the bill was a > Cosatu decision. > > This was also confirmed by National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesman > Lesiba Seshoka. > > "We have a collective view at Cosatu that the bill needs a public > interest defence. We do not want the bill to threaten our democracy," Mr > Seshoka said. > > South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) spokesman Tahir Sema also > agreed, saying Cosatu was "strongly opposed to the bill in its current > form". > > But the bill appears to be deepening divisions in the already fractious > political tripartite alliance. > > All alliance partners — the SACP, Cosatu and the ANC — are scheduled to > elect new leaders next year. > > This is causing divisions in all three formations. > > This week, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union said > it preferred the current leadership of both SACP and Cosatu to be retained. > > The NUM is reported to have taken a similar stance. > > Mr Sema said Samwu members had not discussed Cosatu leadership issues as > this would be premature. > > "We fully support the current leadership," he said. > > "As a union we have not seen a need to discuss leadership. Any talks are > premature. > > "We have not discussed who we would have lead, or if we would bring any > Samwu member to national leadership position." > > Should Mr Vavi not stand for reelection as general secretary, Mr Jim is > understood to be one of the leaders eyeing his position. > > Numsa has always come to Mr Vavi’s defence and is expected to back him > on whichever position he decides to stand for. > > However, NUM general secretary Frans Baleni is also rumoured to be keen > on replacing Mr Vavi. > > His union is associated with the pro-Zuma camp. > > Mr Seshoka said yesterday that the NUM was pleased with the current > Cosatu leadership. > > "As far as the NUM is concerned, there is no succession debate at > Cosatu. You support the leadership collective as it stands. Any > assessment of this leadership will be done at congress next year. We > have never consulted with our members about leadership at Cosatu." > * > * > * > From: http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/Content.aspx?id=161215* > > > * > * > > -- > 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 are subscribed. 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