COSATU Today, 9 March 2010

In other words, student nurses entering the four-year integrated training programme towards the Diploma in Nursing (General, Community, Psychiatry) and Midwifery would be registered only on condition that they had passed all the four disciplines, whereas in the past they would be in a position to register in those disciplines that they had completed, for instance the General Nursing and Community.

The suspension of Partial Registration effectively meant that these nurses would not be licensed to practice as Professional Nurses even though they were qualified to practice as such. A number of nurses were affected negatively by this radical stance as they were denied an opportunity to earn a living.

SADNU singlehandedly took this matter to the Pretoria High Court. The matter was heard on 28 May 2009 and SANC was ordered to register the affected nurses within 10 days of the date of the judgment. This marked a landmark victory for SADNU and the South African nurses as SANC was forced to process applications for Partial Registration en masse. This also benefited health care consumers, given the drastic shortage of nurses in the country against the enormous demand for service placed on the public health system.

SADNU has, however, recently learnt about the turnaround by SANC in two areas:

-Those students who were qualified to apply for Partial Registration before 31 December 2007 will only be registered in Community Nursing on condition that they have passed Midwifery.

-Termination of partial registration with effect from 01 January 2008. This implies that those students who exit training at any level after 01 January 2008, without accumulating all the credits, will only be licensed to practise as Enrolled Nurses or Nursing Assistants depending on the level of exiting training.

These are once more unilateral decisions on the part of SANC-practices that have no place in our democratic order as per the dictates of the Administrative Justice Act. In our view this is a declaration of war on the South African nurses by SANC.Clearly the battle lines are drawn, and we are equal to the challenge as SADNU.

SADNU will stop at nothing to ensure that nurses receive fair and just treatment instead of persecution by SANC which is the order of the day. The union shall even challenge SANC for lost income by nurses who were refused the licence to practise for a number of years dating back to the initial suspension of Partial Registration in July 2006. Through SADNU the voices of nurses will be heard in all institutions where power resides.

1.2 SADNU scores High Court victory

Moeketsi Mohai, SADNU General Secretary, 8 March 2010

In 2004 the Limpopo Nursing College forced student nurses who were already on training to sign new contracts of employment. The irony in this matter is that these students had already signed contracts of employment upon admission to the Nursing College. The students were further made to sign new declarations committing themselves to the rules and regulations of the Nursing College. Those students who refused to sign these documents were threatened with expulsion from training. A number of students therefore signed the documents under duress in the interests of their careers.

SADNU challenged this matter in the Pretoria High Court on grounds of unilateral change in conditions of service. Though our application was inexplicably dismissed with costs in November 2004, we appealed against the judgment. It took more than five years for the appeal to be heard as the file got lost at the High Court. The appeal was finally heard on 24 February 2010. The judge ruled in SADNU’s favour. We were once more vindicated in our conviction to eradicating unfair labour practices in all forms and facets. At last the wheels of justice have turned full circle. Another milestone victory for SADNU and nurses. This judgment puts the Limpopo Nursing College firmly in the basket of unscrupulous employers who continue to oppress workers without due regard to progressive labour legislation regulating employment relations in the era of democracy. SADNU will continue to expose primitive and obsolete practices as and when they surface.

2. South Africa

2.1 COSATU welcomes Fifa decision on Zakumi sweatshop

Patrick Craven, COSATU’s National Spokesperson, 9 March 2010

COSATU has welcomed the news that Global Brands Group, Fifa's worldwide licensing company, has ordered the Chinese factory contracted to produce figurines of World Cup mascot Zakumi to stop work, in response to accusations that it was running a sweatshop.

Global Brands has suspended its approval of Shanghai Fashion Plastic Products & Gifts after an inspection and audit of its factory. Workers are reported to be getting the equivalent of R23 a day and teenagers are forced to work 13-hour shifts to manufacture Zakumi figures.

The contract for manufacturing the figurines was originally awarded to Ascendo Industrial, a company based in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, and owned, by ANC MP Shiaan-Bin Huang and his wife, Su-Luan, who subcontracted the work to the factory in China.

Huang has told the Times: "There was an inspection. But when the media reports began, the factory began paying its workers more and changing, so I think by next week, they will be making the figurines again," and says he is confident the suspension will be lifted as early as next week and manufacturing resumed.

It is outrageous that a public representative of the ANC, which is committed to policies to create decent work, can take such a callous decision which has deprived South African workers of employment.

If the Chinese company has indeed agreed to increase the workers that is a small but welcome victory, but COSATU is adamant that the work should never have been outsourced to China in the first place. All World Cup related manufacturing must be sourced in Proudly South African factories and the federation will continue to monitor all products on sale to check that we are not losing out on the extra job opportunities offered by the World Cup.

2.2 NEHAWU sends condolences to the family of Baby Ashleigh

Sizwe Pamla NEHAWU Media Liaison Officer, 8 March 2010

NEHAWU has expressed its saddened by the news of the passing away of Baby Ashleigh and sent its heartfelt condolences to the family and the Chris Hani Baragwanath Medical Team that attended to Ashleigh. Ashleigh’s fighting spirit captured the imagination of the nation and everyone was looking forward to a happy ending but were left with the memories of a gutsy little fighter who fought a brave fight.

The union salutes the selfless, dedicated and compassionate professionals who worked day and night to try and save Ashleigh. These heroes and heroines are an example of what dedication and service delivery should be about. We call on all South Africans to acknowledge the wonderful job done by these selfless professionals on a daily basis.

2.3 Malema is not dividing us-SASCO

Mbulelo Mandlana SASCO President, 8 March 2010

The report that appeared in the Sunday Times (March 7, 2010) titled: “Malema tears varsity campus apart” suggesting that SASCO is divided by comrade Julius Malema, is false and misleading. This report also suggests that the WSU NMD SRC has not been constituted as a result of this infighting over Julius Malema. This report is either a product of speculation by the Sunday Times journalist (Zine George) or her sources sold her a dummy.

The fact that the SRC of that campus has not been fully constituted is not related to the allegations that Zine George is making but is purely a consequence of the failure of the WSU student governance management to comply with the official pronunciations of SASCO opting rather to pay attention to illegitimate people. They (WSU student governance) do this because they want toothless SRC’s composed of those that they favor. Problems of the SRC in WSU are therefore not a product SASCO, but WSU student governance management. The student governance management of WSU NMD must desist from meddling in student SASCO affairs.

Our structures are not divided, either by Malema or by anybody else. Divisions within SASCO are nothing but a fulmination of the imagination of either the Sunday Times journalist or her sources. It is also not true that our structures are torn apart nor are they about to tear each other apart simply because of comrade Julius Malema. As a matter of fact, comrade Julius Malema does not have the capacity to divide our structures. We are equally not aware of any attempts by comrade Julius Malema to solicit political support from our structures. Even if this were to be the case, this would not serve his interests for a second term as ANCYL President because none of our structures vote in ANCYL conferences. When we deal with our structures the name Julius Malema does not even form part of our vocabulary.

The reasons for us to dissolve the BEC of WSU NMD are because of its incapacity to lead student struggles in that institution, rather than the question of loyalties. Our structures have nothing to do with ANCYL leadership contestations. Our structures are busy mobilizing students and society for our free education demand and are not willing to be distracted by unnecessary ANCYL squabbles.

The struggle for free education is a working class struggle. As an organization we will never support anti-communism or anti-communists. We stand to see the destruction of capitalist relations of production and seek to see the introduction of socialism. On the struggle against capitalism, we are firmly behind the SACP and COSATU. Just like COSATU and the SACP, we believe that tenderpreneurship and corruption are the biggest threats to the National Democratic Revolution.

None of our structures are confused about these issues, including the comrades whose BEC has been disbanded. The branch will be going to its AGM on Thursday (14 March).

2.4 YCL congratulates new Chancellor of UNIVEN

Gugu Ndima, YCL National Spokesperson, 9 March 2010

The YCLSA has congratulated Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on his new appointment as the Chancellor of the University of Venda, succeeding Cyril Ramaphosa.

This is a progressive step towards addressing the challenges that are still confronted by the Institution.

UFasimba wishes to encourage the newly appointed chancellor to bring about much needed transformation in the university with regards to infrastructural development and academia. Black institutions of higher learning are still seen as inferior in comparison to their white counter parts. This is obviously to a large extent as a result of their marginalisation in the past and this perception unfortunately still prevails today. We hope that Chancellor Kgalema Motlanthe, will spearhead transformation even further to institutions of higher learning which are still predominantly white.

The YCLSA also encourages Progressive Students movements’ within the University to work hand in hand with the Chancellor in order to get a clear perspective on challenges confronted by students; such a commitment from both parties can only be fruitful for the institution and all stakeholders. We wish him well in his new appointment and affirm our support in any programme that seeks to advance access to higher education for the poor and the working class

2.5 YCL Northern Cape holds Lekgotla

Kabelo Mohibidu , Provincial Secretary Northern Cape, 8 March 2010

The YCL held its yearly strategic planning session over a period of two days attended by branch, district, provincial representative as well as our national deployee. The Lekgotla was also attended by our progressive allies i.e. ANCYL, SASCO and COSAS. The Lekgotla focused on the overall organizational work since the last Lekgotla held in 2009.The following key issues dominated the Lekgotla for the Year ahead and therefore resolved:

On Education

That we need to meet with the MEC of Education as a matter of extreme urgency (and consistently) to discuss the 10 point plan (which has not been canvassed with all stake holders as thought and recently announced), as well as the overall approach to improve education system in the Province which is characterized by systemic and structural challenges .

On the University

Establish a task team that should look at the overall work that needs to be done with regard to the people`s university in the province which should be named after one of our hero`s/heroines of struggle in the province. We will mobilize our allies in this regard on the name that all of us can agree on
Our university should be of a different kind, unique, and responsive to the needs of our people
It should be everywhere in the province, to dismiss any unscientific call of its location as it has happen in the recent past
Another key feature to this university should be its content which at the centre should be social solidarity and different from the one`s that continue to reproduce the master`s ideas of exploitation and oppression
This university should be for the country; beneficial to the people of the province and take into account the provincial dynamics and complexities
We will be working with our allies on a document on the kind of a university we are envisaging and engage the minister in this regard

On ESKOM

We affirm the view held by the majority of our people in rejecting the tariff hike
We want to further call that NERSA`s mandate be changed as well as its composition, (the election of those who sits on the board)

On the State of the Province Affairs

We are of the view that the provincial administration has not fundamentally changed in the way things were done in the past or its posture does not inspire much confidence since the last ten months. We find this expressed in the state of the province address which does not provide ground breaking changes moving forward
We will seek an audience with the premier on issues relating to youth development as soon as possible

On Service Delivery

We need to be proactive and not wait for the protest actions to erupt
One of the priorities needing attention is the deterioration of the infrastructure in all municipalities especially in Frances Baard and the continued complains of lack of services delivery to our communities
The continued factional battles in municipalities which compromise service delivery i.e. Solplaatjie municipality where a youth desk is led by two different factions
We call for a STOP on government departments who continue to undermine the resolution on outsourcing. Why is it that there are many departments that still outsource services despite a standing resolution in this regard. We demand an audit of all outsourced services in the last ten months in the province.
We call for an investigation into the `looting` of Basha Fund and Mme Re Ka Thusa located in the Premier`s office in the past administration, where millions have gone un accounted for

On Nationalization

The Legotkla welcomed the change of the previous stance in this regard from a `Malemalization` to a debate
We have noted the serious gaps in the document, and we will contribute into the debate moving forward and avoid what has came to characterize the debate into retrogressive rhetoric and loudness
The Lekgotla noted that the debate does not need a grand standing of celebrities, “bling” culturists and sophisticated looters (who suppose to be leaders of young people) behaving as if they have a platinum membership of the movement

On Crime

We have noted with shock the continued violent crimes and unresolved murders (week in and week out) especially in the province. We want to warn the MEC of Safety and Liason that together with stakeholders we have mooted a plan of action on what should be done with continued ignorance from his part. His behavior suggests that he assumes he has a monopoly of what needs to be done in fighting crime in our communities, this unfortunately will be his down fall. More needs to be done, important as it is visiting the family of the victims will never be enough

Conclusion

We will mobilize all youth and progressives against corruption
We will engage government on the developmental path for the youth in the province before and after their budget votes
We will mobilize and rally the youth on our POA 2010 including: carrying a condom everywhere, free sanitary towels, adopt a school in your area, and many of our programs which our structures will be taking forward.

2.6 Linda Jabane YCL district council resolutions

Happy Molobye, YCL Linda Jabane District Secretary, 9 March 2010

We workers, our children and wives, the helpless old people who are our parents, we have come to you, Sire, to seek justice and protection. We are in great poverty, we are oppressed and weighed down with labour beyond our strength, we are insulted, we are not recognised as human beings, we are treated like slaves who must suffer their lot in silence. And we have suffered it, but we are driven deeper into beggary, lawlessness, and ignorance. Despotism and arbitrary rule are strangling us, and we are suffocating. Sire, our strength is at an end. The limit of our patience has been reached; the terrible moment has come for us when it is better to die than to continue suffering intolerable torment.” This is a passage from a petition presented by Marchers to the Tsarist regime on the 9^th of January `1905, notoriously known as Bloody Sunday

It is under this backdrop that, as the Linda Jabane District Young Communists League, convened our District Council bearing in mind the pervasive nature of capitalism which has, to some extent, bedevilled our beloved masses in many parts of Johannesburg. We met in the aftermath of the State of the Nation Address that should have provided certainty about the objectives of a developmental state in line with what is envisaged by the National Democratic Revolution.

Instead it seems to have entrenched institutions of capitalism and gave the green light to our modern slavery masters in the form of employment agencies to do as they please with young workers. His (Cde. Jacob Zuma) failure to denounce these masters served as testimony to the notion that the government is actually subsidising this practice. If our observation is wrong than we once again call upon the Labour Minister to keep to his pre-election promise that “Labour Brokering must be BANNED”. We call for the active participation of all stake holders (government, corporate and labour) in the creation of sustainable employment which seeks to address the needs of a developmental state.

After much consideration and perusal of the Document on NATIONALISATION, presented by some leaders of our PYA partner in the ANCYL NEC, we cannot help but agree that there is indeed a need to “SOCIALISE” not only the mines but the all the “commanding heights of the economy”. The question therefore is once again; ‘how do we nationalise something that is not even in government’s hands, on whose behalf are we going to Nationalise and at whose expense? Are we well capacitated to do such? Is this an opportune time? We therefore dismiss the said document as nothing but a smokescreen by the ‘tenderpreneurs’ aimed at bailing out distressed Capitalists and their puppets in the mining industry. Our view is therefore that there is an urgent need for SOCIALISATION but such action should be determined by the material conditions prevalent at that time, thus now is not the right time.

Our purported ‘differences’ especially with the ANCYL at both lower levels have been misconstrued as an attempt to take over the ANCYL at branch level. As the YCL of Linda Jabane District we dismiss this notion and wish to state clearly that we cannot “take over” an organisation that we are part of as many of our members hold dual-membership. It therefore goes without saying that the so-called “take-over-theory”, as propagated by some, is neither here nor there. Ours is to influence all PYA partners with the view of achieving our common objectives as enshrined in the NDR. Our view is therefore that no PYA partner is more important than the other as we should agitate a mutually beneficial relationship with the best interests of the Youth at heart. As the YCL in this regard, we will not allow ourselves to be swallowed by the heat of the moment- so we will continue to defend the ANCYL from within.

We have observed with great concern some unsavoury comments coming from certain individuals within the Tripartite Alliance, with some going as far as to drag the good name of Cde Gwede Mantashe through the mud. This unsolicited attack amounts to nothing more than the persecution of Communists by tenderpreneurs. We wish to state that it is our role to defend principled leaders of the Alliance. We are not going to pander to the whims of some profane leaders. U Cde Gwede “SIFANAYE”.

We are also finding ourselves confronted with a situation where we have to defend our beloved South African Communist Party from opportunist emanating from within and who are trying to impose a culture that is foreign to us. The emergence of some dark forces from within the organisation has left a bitter taste in the mouths of the Young Communist in Linda Jabane District. The said individual has been dissolving party branches and imposing leaders through patronage at his own will. We are not comrades of comrades so would therefore thwart any attempt to use party structures to launch the muted new democratic left led by the said Mr Money Bag. For guidance’ sake, the YCL District Secretariat refers the SACP DEC to Section 7.1 and 7.2 of the SACP Constitution and to section 5 of the YCLSA Constitution. All YCL members are compelled to join the SACP and be activists members of the Party.

We are calling for the immediate formation of a Deployment Committee at branch level whose function would be to oversee deployment of cadres, accountability to the Party, implementation of Party resolutions by deployees and adherence to Party resolutions. This will help avert an imminent pandemonium of ill-disciplined comrades masquerading as disciplined forces of the left.

We are not going to stop in our quest for a Public School within the JHB CBD in line with the call for free and quality education. And we also urge the SABC to play its Nation Building role by airing relevant programmes at relevant times of the day. We do not see why the education Channel aimed at school children, is aired at a time when most Matriculants in particular are still in school. We will continue to support both SASCO and COSAS in their quest for a more inclusive education system.

Tambo said on women within the movement:” Women in the ANC should stop behaving as if there is no place for them above the level of certain categories of involvement. They have a duty to liberate us men from antique concepts and attitudes about the place and role of women in society and in the development and direction of our revolutionary struggle”. This is indeed a clarion call on our female comrades to lead us in the struggle for total emancipation of women and to enable an environment where we will look at ourselves beyond the lens of gender or victimhood. Through our Gender commission we will continue to seek to strike a balance in the interests of all sexes.

We re-iterate our call for the immediate formation of a Jurist. These are judges that will be elected by the masses so as to enable contestation of ambiguous verdicts. This will also help avert some dictatorial tendencies as often displayed by some judges.

South Africans can never claim to be free while the people of Swaziland are still living like peasants under the Swazi Monarchy. We will continue to support the Swaziland Solidarity Network and other Organisations elsewhere in Africa and the world at large that agitate for the freedom of their masses. We also wish to thank the Young Left of Sweden for gracing us with their presence and their valid input on Communism.

We wish to thank the YCL PEC for their unwavering commitment to the Marxist-Leninists ideals in particular, and the role they continue play in assisting various Districts under their leadership. We as the Linda Jabane District will continue to draw strength from these cadres.

Socialism is the future, build it now.

3. International

3.1 Swazi economy on its knees

Lucky Lukhele, SSN- Spokesperson, 8 March 2010

The Swaziland Solidarity Network [SSN] condemn with strongest possible term the recently introduce 3% taxation of the poorest of the poor by the Swaziland government led by King Mswati. It is apparent to anybody who is not in denial that the Swazi economy is on its knees. The country’s revenue has sunk so low that the government, through the ministry of finance has decided to resort to the most pathetically anti-poor policies in order to remedy the situation.

The Swazi economy has not been doing well for the last decade, recording the lowest economic growth in the region at an average of 2% annually when the regional aggregate was 5%. What made the situation worse was that when the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) recently decided to review its formula for sharing receipts it reduced Swaziland’s share by 30.8 percent. That act in itself was enough to lead to a crisis in a country so heavily dependent on SACU receipts for its revenue. As a direct result the ministry of finance to reduce the national budget by E1 Billion for the 2010 financial year. This budget cut was enforced indiscriminately throughout all ministries, which meant that already ailing ministries like the health and education ministries would also be expected to go deeper into crisis.

Alongside these drastic yet unavoidable measures, the government seeks to increase its revenue base. Unfortunately, in doing so, it has done the unthinkable by introducing a 3% tax for the poorest labourers whose have previously been deemed too low to be taxed. This is an outrageous demand to make on a population that has had to endure lack of basic necessities that government has an obligation to fund. It is a move which will increase the economic gap between the country’s elite and the poor folk whose cheap labour is the reason why Swaziland still has an economy in the first place. It is also a move that exhibits a low level of thinking. Taxing the poorest labourers amounts to burning a candle at both ends, and it will only exacerbate the prevailing circumstance instead of remedying the situation. This is unfortunately not the time to destabilise the population by enforcing policies that will impact negatively on the morale of the economy’s producers. It is a time to make the decisions which, although unpopular to the ruling elite, will resuscitate the economy

A more logical approach would therefore include reducing the royal budget or simply just doing away with it completely. The royal family has enough privately owned assets and companies to feed itself. There is absolutely no reason why it should still be on public welfare at the expense of more deserving sectors of the population. Another perhaps more pragmatic solution would be reducing the defence budget, which currently stands at E663 million, despite the fact that the country is not at war and has more than enough police and riot-police to control the population, should it find the need to do so.

3.2 Stop EU fisheries

Patrick Baleka, 24 march 2010

PCP Members demand the suspension and amendment of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco

The PCP Members of the European Parliament maintain their statement as far as the defence of the Saharawi People’s legitimate interests is concerned, this time made with respect to the legality of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, which they have repeatedly denounced.

The Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament (EP) discussed yesterday the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco on the basis of a legal opinion given by EP’s Legal Service, which raises a serious reserve on the implementation of this Agreement, stating that it is not possible to demonstrate that such agreement is in conformity with International Law. Thus, this report confirms the repeated complaints made by PCP Members as to the illegality of the Agreement approved in 2006 by the majority of the Members of European Parliament.

Furthermore, as far as the financial counterparts of the European Union are concerned, the legal opinion of EP’s Legal Service confirms the alerts then made by PCP Members, referring that it is not demonstrated that the EU financial contribution resulting from the application of the Agreement is used for the benefit of the people of Western Sahara.

We remind you that PCP Members were those who submitted, in the European Parliament, several proposed amendments to this Fisheries Partnership Agreement, supporting them on the obligation to fulfill International Law, which would imply the exclusion of the waters of Western Sahara from the Agreement, by limiting it to the waters situated exclusively north of 27º 40' N''. These proposals were rejected with the dissenting votes of PS, PSD and CDS-PP Members of Parliament.

PCP remind that their Members of the European Parliament were those who then voted against the final Report on this Fisheries Partnership Agreement, the sole position in accordance with the fulfilment of International Law and the defence of the inalienable rights of the Saharawi People. PCP also remind that PS, PSD and CDS-PP Members of European Parliament voted in favour of said Report.

As we emphasized at that time, the agreement arouses a prior issue of principle, i.e., the respect for International Law and for the legitimate rights of the People of Western Sahara. According to that settled in United Nations’ resolutions, and because an illegal occupation has been performed by Morocco, Morocco has no sovereignty over Western Sahara and consequently over their natural resources. Morocco is an illegal in fact occupying power State of Western Sahara, i.e. their colonizer and therefore Morocco is not entitled to any right whatsoever as an administering State neither in fact nor in jure, according to the Charter of the United Nations.

Any agreement with Morocco which, in a more or less ambiguous way, should include the exploitation of the natural resources of Western Sahara is therefore an unquestionable violation of International Law.

The PCP Members of the EP have a long, tough and rich intervention patrimony in the defence of the legitimate interests of the Saharawi People. They reaffirm once more their intent to continue the fight for the immediate suspension and amendment of this illegal Agreement, which is profoundly disrespectful of the Rights of the Saharawi People.

4. Letters

4.1 Your step on corruption is bold

Sarge Maharaj, Durban, 9 March 2010

Of all the influential people in South Africa, I am proud to be associated with Mr Vavi, the Secretary General of COSATU.

Your outcry over hording of tenders and possible corruption by politicians is indeed very bold and gives the indication that you are one of the few of who have retained your honest commitment to the person on the street. You have not lost your way and become intoxicated by greed.

If all the money that is lost by way of corruption and embezzlement is recovered or saved, imagine the number of jobs that can be created!

I have been servicing a few clothing manufacture businesses in the Qwa-Qwa area for some years now. In the last 6 years, I have seen no less than 6 factories shut down and over 1000 employees lose their jobs. The government funding that went into putting up those factories is also gone to the wind because the factories are empty.

These factories have shut down mainly because of the pricing problem that customers are dictating. This is because of the really low cost of importing garments from China and India. While government is promoting a free market economy, how can we ever allow this from countries that are only able to offer these prices because they are totally exploiting workers- some even just work for food rations. This is something that we are fighting- exploitation.

The DTI is has funds set aside funds for grants to the clothing industry. These grants are asset based. They pay out to people who buy machinery. Most of these funds remain un-accessed because nobody can buy new machines if they cannot compete. Surely these funds can be re-channeled to a more practical grant that will mend the industry.

Can these funds not be used to import fabric in bulk and then supplied to factories that are creating jobs for thousands of the unemployed?

Can these funds not be used to set up plants so that we can produce our own fabric?

Can these funds not be granted as labour grants- so that factories can pay a decent wage until the market sorts itself out?

You are the master of your game- the bottom line is that thousands in the sector have lost their jobs. This industry has potential to create the many jobs that our people need. Get the funding from government and make it happen for our people. Someone seconded by YOU should do a proper survey of the industry at grassroots level to clearly understand what has happened and how revival can take place. If people have jobs, crime reduces and social problems reduce- we will have a happier nation.

A closer relationship with employers is way better than having them as enemies. Closing down factories is not going to help our people. Only you can intervene and make things happen.

IF you refuse to be bribed into silence and continue your struggle, you will become one of the great martyrs of this country’s history. VIVA INTEGRITY, VIVA the people.

Show the people of this land that there hope!

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