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News24 reports that Cosatu said in a statement on Monday that President Cyril Ramaphosa being chased away from the labour federation’s Worker's Day rally was "regrettable" and "unacceptable", but the incident should also serve as a warning to the ANC.
Ramaphosa was due to address ANC alliance partner Cosatu's main Worker's Day rally in the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Phokeng, North West, on Sunday. However, after failing to get striking workers from Sibanye Stillwater's gold operations to calm down, Ramaphosa had to swiftly make his way to a police Nyala and left the stadium with his speech undelivered. The striking workers are unhappy with Cosatu, the ANC, and the government's response to their plight, as they have been striking for months. Cosatu’s Sizwe Pamla said the incident “will receive adequate attention in our upcoming Central Executive Committee meeting at the end of this month." He commented that some of what transpired reflected workers' growing frustration and that they had reason to be livid when 2.2 million people have lost their jobs in the last two years. "We hope that the Rustenburg disruptions will jolt the ANC and its government into action. This threatens the coherence and the legitimacy of the Alliance in the eyes of the working class. There is an urgent need to address and revive the worker's confidence in the sixth administration. This administration needs to prove that it possesses the capacity to deliver on the 2019 ANC Elections Manifesto commitments," Cosatu’s statement indicated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jan Gerber at News24
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