New Age2.png Cronin at odds with SACP on banks Bonolo Selebano, The New Age, Johannesburg, 4 May 2016 The SACP yesterday distanced itself from comments attributed to its first deputy general secretary, Jeremy Cronin, that the party supports the decision by the four big banks to close the accounts of Oakbay Investments. SACP spokesperson Alex Mashilo said that the party supports Oakbay workers in the spat. "As the SACP we are neither siding with the Guptas nor the banks. We are on the side of the workers. The banks must come out and disclose the real reasons as to why they withdrew their services," Mashilo said. On Monday, Cronin said in a media interview that "the withdrawal of the services should not be seen as some imperialist plot as has been alleged in certain quarters. We are saying it's a precautionary move on the part of the banks, but also the stockbroker and KPMG." Cronin's phone remained on voicemail. This latest contradiction between the SACP and Cronin came in the wake of comments also attributed to Cronin that President Jacob Zuma should face corruption charges in reference to a ruling by the South Gauteng High Court last Friday that the NPA was wrong in its earlier decision to drop charges against Zuma. Mashilo was forced to issue a statement on Monday in which he claimed that Cronin was "misrepresented". Meanwhile, COSATU president Sdumo Dlamini yesterday reiterated the federation's support for workers of Oakbay Investments in the company's spat with the country's banks. In a post-May Day press briefing at COSATU House in Johannesburg yesterday, Dlamini weighed in on media reports that Cronin supported the decision by the banks to close Oakbay's accounts, thus endangering the jobs of thousands of workers. "The decision taken by the banks to close accounts belonging to Oakbay has a direct impact on workers. There are 7 500 of them. Should the decision stand, those workers will be out of employment," he said. "We will come out to intervene at any time when the jobs of employees are threatened. COSATU has taken a conscious decision to support workers," he said. Dlamini said COSATU had put the matter up for discussion at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC), "so the banks can join the discussion on the aspect of the workers' jobs". Dlamini threw his weight behind last week's march by Oakbay employees on the banks to hand over a memorandum for the accounts to be reopened. "We support workers who marched to the banks to save jobs," he said. [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/04052016/epaperpdf/1.pdf -- -- 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/d/optout.
