NEHAWU WELCOMES THE BOLD STEP BY THE ANC LEADERSHIP AGAINST ILL-DISCIPLINE AND ANARCHICAL TENDENCIES

NEHAWU congratulates the ANC top six officials for their bold decision of speaking up against ill discipline and anarchical tendencies that are creeping up in the movement. This is in line with a call by our NEC last week, which urged the ANC and the Alliance leaders to speak with one voice and denounce any attempts by opportunists to use their names to cause divisions.

The African National Congress {ANC} and government must at all times provide political and moral leadership to our society. In this regard, they must act against sleaze and inept leadership across all structures of our movement and government. NEHAWU feels that it is about time that the issue of the ANC Youth League's leadership disciplinary process is brought to closure so that the movement can focus on national priority issues. The leadership now needs to focus on resolving the triple crisis of unemployment, poverty and inequality.

The President and Deputy President must now focus on steering the implementation of the announced R844.5 billion worth of infrastructure investment by the state over the next three years. We are convinced as an organisation that this will provide immediate relief to the millions of unemployed youths, through job creation, especially if these investments are coupled with other socioeconomic and spatially transformatory interventions, especially on land reform and socioeconomic services in the former Bantustan areas. In this regard we call on government to implement a massive rural development and land reform program.

We must continue to celebrate the enviable milestone of a 100 year anniversary by our giant liberation movement, the ANC, all around the country. We all need to bring back the spirit of selflessness, discipline and honesty; principles that will ensure that the ANC survives another hundred years.

NEHAWU also welcomes the outcomes of Cosatu/SACP bilateral and we call on both sides to safeguard the unity of our left Axis through continuous engagement.

Statement issued by NEHAWU, April 4 2012

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