Even though am of a view that Vavi's actions are questionable at times but I do not think there is really any truth in what Mduduzi thinks.
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:16:27 +0000 "soso" wrote Manana must be smoking crack. Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! ------------------------- FROM: VC SENDER: [email protected] DATE: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:02:57 +0200 TO: REPLYTO: [email protected] SUBJECT: [YCLSA Discussion] Vavi is a problem child - Deputy Minister VAVI IS A PROBLEM CHILD, SAYS DEPUTY MINISTER WARREN MABONA, THE NEW AGE, JOHANNESBURG, 13 DECEMBER 2012 Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Mduduzi Manana and Cosatu yesterday locked horns over labour issues and political shenanigans in the final build-up to the ANCs 53rd elective conference in Mangaung on Sunday. Matters came to a head yesterday when Manana launched an attack on Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, accusing him of using an anti-corruption platform to exit from the federation and to start his own party. Manana said Vavi had become a problem child in the alliance. He urged Vavi to lead workers and stop being a political commentator and self-appointed critic of the government. The alliance partners may remain critical of each other but they must not be counter-revolutionary. Vavis behaviour and actions lead to the conclusion that he has intentions to establish his own political party by using anti-corruption acts as a bandwagon, Manana said. He appealed to the ANC to express itself at the upcoming elective conference against Vavis counter-revolutionary behaviour. I call on all leaders of different Cosatu-affiliated unions and all workers of our country to unite and defend the tripartite alliance. Yesterday, the media sang the praises of Vavi for calling on all government officials not to do business with the state. But in fact it was the South African Communist Party that first made that call two years ago. Manana also told The New Age that Vavi had made a call a few days ago saying Cosatu would not support a list that did not include Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe for the ANCs elective conference. He said Vavi did not, however, make any reference to a list that excluded President Jacob Zuma. Vavi claims that his call is intended to build unity and cohesion beyond the centenary conference. But he is quiet about the list that excludes Zuma. Vavi has a serious problem with Zuma and he must not insult founding leaders of this alliance in the name of ambition and populism. This so-called research study by Cosatu is Vavis brainchild, commissioned and designed to legitimise Vavis exit from the union federation, Manana said. Responding to Mananas attack on Vavi, Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven said: There is not a shred of truth in any of this and if the deputy minister really believes what he is saying, it reflects a disturbing state of paranoia. Craven said the battle against corruption was being waged not just by Vavi or Cosatu but by the ANC, the government, business and civil society. He said the decision to support the re-election of Zuma, Motlanthe, ANC secretary Gwede Mantashe was taken by a unanimous decision of Cosatus central executive committee, adding that Vavis comments had been completely consistent with that policy position. The comments that Vavi is planning to exit from Cosatu and establish his own party is a pure fantasy, which exists only in the deputy ministers head, Craven said. He said Vavi was enjoying the full support of Cosatus more than 2 million members, having been elected unopposed at the federations congress in September. [email protected] [1] FROM: HTTP://WWW.THENEWAGE.CO.ZA/73869-1111-53-VAVI_IS_A_PROBLEM_CHILD_SAYS_DEPUTY_MINISTER [2] Ntoks Cell: 0849598224 "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected] [2] http://www.webmail.co.za/HTTP://WWW.THENEWAGE.CO.ZA/73869-1111-53-VAVI_IS_A_PROBLEM_CHILD_SAYS_DEPUTY_MINISTER ____________________________________________________________ South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za DHL Express. Simple, secure and affordable. http://www.postnet.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=72 -- 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] .
