Business Report writes that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was due to hold a mass meeting at Sibanye Gold Cooke Operations on Wednesday afternoon.  

The holding of the meeting follows an attack that led to the death of NUM member Ranthimo Nkosi and left others injured.  The attack was alleged to have triggered by the rivalry between the NUM and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) during a verification process of union members at the Cooke operations.  Amcu refuted the allegation that two NUM branch leaders were attacked and critically injured by its members.  The NUM said in a statement that it wanted to put it on record that its members would never fight other workers and it added:  “There is nothing that the NUM will benefit by fighting fellow black mineworkers.  Our fight is directed at Sibanye Gold that is dividing black mineworkers.  Our fight is directed against Capitalist barbarism.”

• Read this report in full at Business Report
• Read the NUM’s statement at Cosatu Today

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