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TimesLive reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to abandon his Workers' Day address after mining workers booed him and stormed the stage.
He was scheduled to give a keynote address at a Cosatu rally in Rustenburg, North West, but had to be whisked away as angry workers staged a protest and demanded that he should leave. Among their chief concerns was a demand for a R1,000 annual salary increase for Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine workers. The workers at the gold producer have been on a three-month-long strike after the group rejected their demand and instead offered an R800 annual increase, which has been rejected. The disgruntled workers said they could not allow Ramaphosa to address them until he dealt with their salary concerns, which they said he knew about. The Cosatu rally was delayed by more than five hours as the labour federation struggled to fill seats at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium. It was not until the protesting workers arrived that the programme began but it soon turned chaotic as Ramaphosa was preparing to take the stage. Ramaphosa and Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi tried to address the crowd, but their attempts proved futile as workers would hear none of it. Ramaphosa was whisked away and taken to a police nyala, which then drove away. Immediately after this, workers descended on the stage and started singing and dancing.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kgothatso Madisa at BusinessLive
- Read too, Ramaphosa booed, forced to abandon May Day rally, at IOL
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