NUMSA ON THE UNITED FRONT AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF ESTABLISHING A MOVEMENT FOR SOCIALISM
3 March 2014
Numsa convened a press briefing on Sunday 2nd March 2014, for purposes of presenting our 2014 statement on a range of issues and to report the outcome of the historic Numsa Special National Congress held on 17-20 December 2013.
The media on Monday 3rd March 2014 ran with headlines screaming that Numsa is establishing a new political party. Given the many media enquiries we received we opted not to do a multitude of interviews, but to offer this brief statement which is in line with our 15 page statement of 2 March 2014, wherein we reiterate the following;
1. The Numsa Special National Congress concluded that the ANC led-Alliance has become dysfunctional and incapable of defending working class interest in the midst of the implementation of anti-working class policies such as;
The National Development Plan (NDP) which seeks to postpone the resolution of poverty, unemployment and inequality to 2030;