Open letter to Media Houses
Re: Clarifying Tony’s Position
18 May 2018
Please receive correspondence from our offices in respect of the position of Cosatu Provincial Secretary of the Western Cape.
With regards to the correspondence that I sent, to the Unions of Cosatu indicating that I would not be available for elections in June at Cosatu Congress. This letter was sent to the media by someone, which resulted to number of interview by media house, and created lots of public interest in the issue. The Unions leadership at the Cosatu Provincial Executive Committee is managing the issues related to elections of future office Bearers.
On the day of the Cosatu Joint Shop Steward Council on the 12 April, we also held a protest at Parliament after lunch. Because Saftu had earlier in the day also had a march to Parliament, the City of Cape Town asked us to sort out the timing issues between ourselves. I went to the Parliament after JSSC, to ensure that Saftu is gone by the time Cosatu gets there, in case there is some conflict, given their statement on Cosatu. On my arrival at the picketing lines Numsa workers insisted that I get on the truck to greet the march. I then got on the truck and greeted the workers and repeated the message I had made to Numsa before, that workers must be united if we are to improve society.