Sex with people of a different age is legal so long as they are not minors.
Office romances are common, although problematic and usually unwise. Adultery is also not a crime, even if it hurts people, You can have all that. What is crucial here is none of those, but it is that the senior person involved was the big boss of the organisation, the one who hires and fires, and who has admitted having sexual intercourse with this employee *in the business premises*. This is an impossible situation. What was this woman supposed to do? How was she going to reject the man, unless she was ready to lose her job? This powerful man thinks that people are only nice to him because they like him. COSATU is not just any organisation, by the way. It is supposed to defend employees. It is supposed to defend women. The General Secretary is supposed to, and claims to, represent two million workers, a large proportion of whom are women. There are no comparable cases to this. There are no excuses that can make this tolerable. VC On 27 July 2013 18:30, <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with you cde Soso...We won't have the movement if those principles > would be applied to all! > Kind Regards, > Sibongile Mbele > C: +27 76 900 1858 > F: +27 86 556 1544 > ------------------------------ > *From: * "soso" <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:32:21 +0000 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] COSATU GS accused of rape - admits to > sexual intercourse in the office > > Then many of our leaders should have vacated their positions by now > comrade VC. > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * VC <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:20:51 +0200 > *To: *yclsa forum<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] COSATU GS accused of rape - admits to > sexual intercourse in the office > > > An employer who admits in public to having sex with an employee half his > age, in the workplace, has to leave at once for gross misconduct. > > After that, whatever investigations may be necessary, can proceed. > > > **** > > *Headline (click to open)* > > *Paper/Agency* > > *Cosatu boss Vavi raped me, claims > woman<http://www.peherald.com/news/article/17455> > * > > *Herald* > > *Cosatu's Vavi denies rape claim, admits to > cheating<http://mg.co.za/article/2013-07-27-vavi-denies-rape-allegations> > * > > *Mail and Guardian* > > *Top S. 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