We have noted the unlettered and unpalatable attack on the standing of COSATU Spokesperson through an article written by Tarryn Harbour titled "Will the real Patrick Craven please stand up" in the Mail and Guardian on the 17th September 2010, on a fake face book posting of Cde Patrick Craven.
It is quite ridiculous to continue to undermine the working class movement's tenacious struggles with such faceless postings whilst we should be concentrating on genuine issues that affect workers in particular and also the bread and butter matters of our masses in general, who continue to be squeezed by capitalist beneficiation and greed, but not getting same faceless attacks.
Perhaps, it is ideal that we must accelerate the realization of government instruments such as Media Appeal Tribunal to deal with media houses that may attempt to misuse their space for unsound and/or harmful writings.Postings such as "COSATU notes with regret the damage we have caused to the economy and the future of South Africa's youth by engaging in the strike action",are such these inferences,which we declare them as unsound.
We urge all comrades to unmask the person behind these posting to avoid purging the working class by attempting to defame our working class servant.
Statement issued by Mampane Norman, POPCRU National Spokesperson, Spetember 17 2010
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