Cde Sdumo should be aware that although Malema is expelled, he has confirmed his intention to appeal the sentence, therefore is still the President of the ANCYL until the appeal process is finalised
Instead of the ladership of COSATU telling us that there are no divisions, they should act like there are no divisions I find all these comments by the President of COSATU unnecessary, as he could have waited for the next CEC meeting to voice out his dissatification Bongo Lusizi Tel: 021 468 3349 Cell: 0836425370 Fax: 0866659168 E-mail:[email protected] "Let them not spill me,let them not turn me into a stone,otherwise kill me" ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Sidumo Dlamini - Julius Malema should not have been allowed to address COSATU march Cosatu is really divided and I think is a struggle of position Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! ________________________________ From: VC <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:07:36 +0200 To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Sidumo Dlamini - Julius Malema should not have been allowed to address COSATU march No JuJu, no Zille, no split, says Cosatu Sibusiso Ngalwa, Sunday Times, Johannesburg, 11 March 2012 EXPELLED ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema should not have been allowed to address Cosatu's march on Wednesday, says the labour federation's president, Sdumo Dlamini. He also wants disciplinary action against anybody who invited DA leader Helen Zille to any of the marches organised by Cosatu to protest against labour broking and e-tolling. Cosatu should have avoided having Malema speak, because the youth leader is still fighting his expulsion from the ANC, he said. "We don't want to be seen to be involved and taking sides in these internal processes in the ANC. "I know the youth league said they were there to support the workers' demand, which we appreciate - and, indeed, the youth league is affected by the labour brokers. It is a victim of unemployment. But .. we should be careful and avoid Cosatu structures being used to foment factional battles within the ANC or the alliance. Cosatu must always protect itself from that all the time," said Dlamini. He added that Cosatu would have a discussion to "understand how it happened". Dlamini said the youth league had sent a request to participate in the march to Cosatu in Gauteng, instead of to the national office. He said the labour organisation "has taken a conscious decision that we shall respect the internal disciplinary processes in the ANC". But Dlamini's statements do not chime with the actions of Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, who shared the stage with Malema. Dlamini said that while the ANC had not raised the issue formally, he had received calls from individual leaders seeking an explanation. There are growing signs of divisions within the federation over support for President Jacob Zuma, who will seek a second term as ANC president in Mangaung in December. But Dlamini said: "Jacob Zuma has done nothing to divide Cosatu. It will be the conduct of the individual different leaders that ... [would be] causing divisions in Cosatu because of the Mangaung conference of the ANC. "The last [Cosatu] central executive committee warned, yet again, that all Cosatu leaders ought to desist from making public statements that will foment tensions and divisions within Cosatu and within the alliance. "It reminded us once more: we are not engaged in the succession debates of Cosatu and the alliance partners." Dlamini insisted that Zille was never invited: but the DA leader claimed Cosatu withdrew an invitation to her after internal wrangling over the issue. "If there is anybody in Cosatu who would have extended an invitation to the DA that person must be disciplined. Helen Zille ... was not invited," the federation president said. While Vavi shared the stage with Malema on Wednesday, Dlamini was leading the Durban leg of the protest, alongside SA Communist Party boss Blade Nzimande. The Cosatu leaders' choices of partners at the marches have been interpreted as a sign of where their allegiances lay. But Dlamini said there was nothing untoward about his sharing a platform with Nzimande, one of Malema's fiercest critics. Asked if he would seek re-election at Cosatu's congress in September, Dlamini it was not his place to decide his future in the federation. "I don't comment on those matters ... I believe in a pure democratic process. I believe leaders do not announce themselves, whether they are available or not. You don't do that: you allow members to discuss, with you not even being aware that they are talking about you," he said. In an interview with Business Day this week, however, Vavi, confirmed his availability for re-election as the organisation's general secretary. However, Vavi said in Cape Town yesterday that Cosatu was not divided over Zuma's re-election "There are no pro- or anti- Zuma factions within the federation. Cosatu has taken a firm decision not to discuss the ANC leadership issue and has indeed not discussed whether it will or will not support anybody. 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