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The New Age writes that a storm is brewing within the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) over the finances of the union and allegations levelled against its national leadership for purging dissenting union leaders.
According to sources, Numsa’s Jack Charles Bezuidenhout region (JC BEZ), which includes six structures including Johannesburg, is revolting against the union’s national leadership ahead of its national congress next month. A local union leader within the region said Numsa’s national leadership has kept a veil of secrecy over the state of the union’s R12m strike compensation fund. Members on Wednesday stormed the union’s regional office in Johannesburg to air their grievances. The problems apparently started when the national office bearers tabled a national financial report that was not audited and the JC BEZ region asked for an independent forensic audit. Suspensions of local office bearers from different regions apparently followed. The JC BEZ region has been put under administration.
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