Zuma remains a tainted president - NEHAWU
8 August 2017
Pietermaritzburg - The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has criticised President Jacob Zuma over his recent remarks about leaders of the South African Communist Party (SACP), saying this demonstrated that Zuma was a divisive leader.
Unveiling a statue of African National Congress and SACP stalwart Harry Gwala in Caluza, Pietermaritzburg, on Sunday, Zuma criticised the conduct of some within the SACP, especially those calling for the breakaway from the alliance, saying they showed a lack of political maturity which had been demonstrated by Gwala.
NEHAWU's Harry Gwala regional secretary Zimasile Giyama said they were disturbed by the unfortunate statement by the ANC president and questioned his choice of a venue in which to launch his attack on alliance members.
Giyama said they had noted, with dismay the use of the dead in order to narrowly persecute the living, and insisted that Zuma had joined the bandwagon by using Harry Gwala's commemoration as a platform to attack, not just the leadership of the SACP, but the party itself.