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31 January 2017 SATAWU not in crisis but stronger after Central Executive Committee Meeting South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU) has noted with concern the press statement by the SA Communist Party Western Cape along with weekend media reports and would like to set the record straight. There is no crisis in SATAWU. In fact, the Special Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting on Friday 27 January was held to ensure absolute compliance with the constitution and to fill the vacancy of the Deputy General Secretary. Former Head of Rail and Infrastructure Zacharia Mosothoane was elected unopposed. To be clear, the dismissal of one person does not equate to an organisational crisis. It is important to note that the former Western Cape Provincial Secretary Tembela Dakuse was not dismissed for calling a CEC. Dakuse was dismissed for several transgressions including insubordination for refusing to submit reports on the activities of the province to head office. In addition, the national office is in the process of finalising the reinstatement of 100 workers who were dismissed as a direct result of Dakuse's actions. While her disciplinary hearing was pending, Dakuse defied the conditions of her suspension and participated in an unconstitutional Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting. The meeting had been convened without informing the National Office Bearers, as required. The money used to fund it was sourced from an employer without requesting the necessary permission from national office. Furthermore, the PEC resolved to take SATAWU's National Office Bearers to court in an attempt to interdict Dakuse's suspension and the scheduled disciplinary hearing. However, the court ruled that the matter was not urgent. It is for these reasons that the CEC on Friday resolved to suspend the Western Cape Provincial Office Bearers from their posts, pending the outcome of a disciplinary process. With regards to the Eastern Cape, the CEC resolved that the province must convene a Special Provincial Congress, to rectify a constitutional anomaly that resulted during the April 2016 Special PEC. The PEC was set to fill two vacancies but instead filled three. In terms of the constitution, only a Special Provincial Congress and not a PEC has powers to fill more than two vacancies (more than 50%). We suspect that the reason why the SACP in the Western Cape chose not to engage us first but opted to go the media is because of slate politics. We reiterate, SATAWU is not in crisis and as such we urge our alliance partners to respect our independence, constitutional obligations and structural resolutions. Zanele Sabela, SATAWU Media Officer, 31 January 2017 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14864 (20170201) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ________________________________ [http://imageshack.com/a/img32/381/6b28.png] E-mail Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legal privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to received it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as those of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). SADTU accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred or suffered arising from the use of this e-mail or its attachments. SADTU does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. -- -- 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/533A2CE396AEAF46A12C809E9F98070501CADC0DF9%40sadtuex01.SADTU.org.za. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
