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In defence of the unity of COSATU Siyabonga Mkhwanazi, The New Age, Johannesburg, 1 October 2013 The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Western Cape has urged COSATU to fight divisions and not allow outside forces to split it. The SACP said yesterday it had a duty to protect and defend the trade union federation. Its comments came in the wake of a similar call by SACP national deputy chairperson and Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi who urged the labour movement to get its house in order and unite. The party in the province made the call for unity in its declaration on the back of its provincial conference in Cape Town. It said the time had come for COSATU to fight divisions in its ranks. "We also note the renewed imperialist capitalist offensive to weaken the progressive trade union to advance their class interests of accumulation. The trade union movement is confronted by serious challenges resulting from the capitalist restructuring of the workplace and business unionism, which manifests its narrow ugly head particularly during congresses," it said. "(The SACP) resolved to defend the unity of COSATU, acting as a vanguard party of the working class to consolidate and strengthen the left axis," it said. The tripartite alliance was important in leading the country it said. It said each partner in the tripartite alliance was independent of one another. But it was important that alliance partners work together to build a strong national developmental agenda. COSATU has over the last few months been battling to contain factional divisions threatening to split the trade union movement. Some COSATU affiliates, led by metalworkers union NUMSA, are accusing the federation's president Sdumo Dlamini of trying to oust the general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. Dlamini is mulling over a proposal by Vavi-aligned unions to call a special conference. Vavi was suspended in August after he admitted to having had a sexual relationship with a junior colleague at COSATU offices. NUMSA has also gone to the South Gauteng High Court to overturn the suspension of Vavi. At the weekend Nxesi made a similar call at the SACP's provincial conference in Mpumalanga that COSATU must strive for unity. He said COSATU must get its house in order. The Western Cape SACP reiterated its position to back the ANC to recapture the province from the DA. [email protected] From: http://www.thenewage.co.za/108394-1011-53-In_defence_of_the_unity_of_Cosatu -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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