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Independent News reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has lashed out at President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe and the ANC for snubbing its two-day special national conference in Durban.
Starting from Wednesday, the union’s more than 670 delegates from around the country met at the Durban ICC to amend its constitution. KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Ravi Pillay, in his capacity as the acting premier, was the only speaker who was not a member of NUM to address the delegates and international guests. Mantashe was invited in his capacity as the minister of mineral resources. The union's general secretary David Sipunzi said Ramaphosa had tendered his apology because of other engagements, but had not sent a replacement speaker. Sipunzi lamented that Mantashe’s office had not even sent a response to say whether or not he would honour the invitation. “There seems to be other issues that are more important than addressing us when there are no elections coming. But when there are elections they will trip over each other demanding to address us,” commented Sepunzi.
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