THE ANCWL STATEMENT ON THE COSATU'S COMMENTS ON SASSA-CPS MATTER
2 March 2017
The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) has noted the comments by Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on SASSA-CPS matter. The ANCWL respects the right to freedom of expression, which includes freedom to impart information or ideas. However it is irresponsible in particular from an ANC Alliance partner to make allegations that the SASSA- CPS matter smells of corruption but not lay any corruption charge to the law enforcement agencies.
The ANCWL's view is that this is just populist posture driven by some CEC members of COSATU who have abonded their duties of strengthening and building worker control-COSATU where workers control the structures and committees of the Federation. These selfish CEC members have consciously abandoned their roles of leading a Federation that must:
a) Improving material conditions of COSATU members and of the working people as a whole;
b) Organising the unorganised; and