Working Class News

Yesterday there was very little worth posting. Today there is a lot more than enough, so that three items are pushed over to tomorrow, and still there are six documents remaining to be linked below. SACP GS Blade Nzimande gives a remarkably strong and concise statement (linked below) of the situation of the National Democratic Revolution and the way forward for development in South Africa. It comes in the latter part of the document so keep reading. COSATU’s Mpumalanga Province gives an equally direct statement on Swaziland. See link. Then there are two serious labour disputes. One is the FAWU BOKOMO strike. The other is the SATAWU call for national mass action on Friday in solidarity with the contract cleaning workers they organise. Join in! See the details in the linked documents. In an article from the Business Day that has been given a deceptive headline, Amy Musgrave reports on the situation leading up to the COSATU Congress. See the link below. Finally, Karima Brown and Ernest Mabuza report on the Zuma – Thint matter coming up next week, and the “Heads of Argument” in the case. See the linked document below. Click here to access the affidavits and Heads of Argument in the Zuma and Thint case in Pietermaritzburg in PDF download format. These are historic documents indeed. Click on these links: SACP GS Blade Nzimande, Address to SAMWU 2006 Congress (2575 words) COSATU Mpumalanga, Make Swaziland Ungovernable, 060729 (406 words) FAWU, Bokomo Foods cereal workers on strike from 060827 (289 words) Mass action for SATAWU contract cleaning workers 060901 (908 words) NUM may not re-elect Cosatu top brass, Amy Musgrave, B Day (384 words) Arms-deal letter pivotal in Zuma battle, Brown, Mabuza, B Day (579 words)