Business Day Good.jpg COSATU and SACP in separate corners over ANC and Guptas Genevieve Quintal, Business Day, Johannesburg, 13 June 2016 The Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) were on Monday holding a bilateral meeting in Johannesburg, where an analysis of the political situation in the country was expected to be discussed, among other things. The SACP has stood apart from its allies on the issue of state capture and the closure of the bank accounts of the politically connected Gupta family. The party said it believed the ANC was "misguided" in shelving its investigation into the family's conduct "as if it were just a marginal issue". It was planning "mass action" against state capture, saying it would fight the practice both "legally and politically". The SACP was also contemplating calling on COSATU-aligned unions to join the campaign. In contrast, COSATU reportedly said it would respect the ANC's decision to close the state capture investigation. The two also stood on opposite sides on the decision by the country's four major banks to terminate banking services for companies owned by the Gupta family. COSATU expressed concern about the decision and the effect it would have on workers, while the SACP stood by the banks' withdrawal. SACP spokesperson Alex Mashilo would not say what exactly was on the agenda for Monday's bilateral meeting but that it was generally about strengthening the relationship between the party and COSATU, and joint campaigns. "I cannot specifically isolate that issue (state capture) and say that it will be on the agenda. What I am sure about. (is that) the meeting includes an analysis of the political situation and in that context the issue may be covered," he said. Mashilo said the meeting was between officials in preparation for a bigger session between the central executive committees' of the two organisations. COSATU president Sdumo Dlamini said he would only speak after the meeting. From: http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2016/06/13/cosatu-and-sacp-in-sepa rate-corners-over-anc-and-guptas -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/003601d1c5fd%2499d02d90%24cd7088b0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
