NEHAWU MPUMALANGA STATEMENT ON THE ANC PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE

NEHAWU, the second biggest affiliate of COSATU in Mpumalanga province with more than 25000 strong membership sends its congratulations to the African National Congress{ANC} in Mpumalanga on hosting a successful 11th Provincial Conference held on 5 - 8 April at Mbombela stadium. We welcome the progressive outcomes produced by conference in the form of resolutions and the elected leadership. We are inspired by the commitment to build and harness the unity of the Tripartite Alliance and the entire congress movement.

The success of the conference proved the counter revolutionaries and the prophets of doom wrong once again as they had predicted a chaotic conference as articulated in different newspaper articles and the electronic media in the lead up to this conference. In that context we wish to dispel with the contempt it deserves all the rumours and comments doing rounds in the media that the conference was marred by corruption in the election of leadership.

Consistent with rule 5.1 of the ANC Constitution (amended at the 52nd National Conference) all members have a right to take part in elections and be elected or appointed to any committee, structure, commission or delegation of the ANC.The 11th Mpumalanga provincial conference of the ANC provided such space to all its members to nominate and be nominated for election to the provincial executive committee {PEC}.

To that end we salute the leadership collective led by the provincial chairperson Cde DD Mabuza.The membership has shown confidence in them and we hope the leadership fully grasps the overall implication of such overwhelming confidence by structures of the ANC. As contextualized by the ANC's 1st National General Council held in 2000 in Port Elizabeth, a "People's Revolutionary Movement for Transformation, An Agent for Change", Indeed working side by side with our people, this change will be a reality. 

As a union and in our individual capacity as members of the ANC, we reaffirm our unwavering support and commitment to work tirelessly under the guidance of the leadership in deepening and defending the National Democratic Revolution and thus improve the lives of our people. 

Statement issued by Sizwe Pamla, NEHAWU Media Liaison Officer, April 16 2012

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