This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
SowetanLive reports that the leader of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) party in Lesotho, Nkaku Kabi, has thrown his weight behind the Terene faction of the famo music gangs alleged to be behind illegal mining in SA.
Addressing a rally in Butha-Buthe on Sunday, Kabi said the coalition government was supportive of Terene Famo and also criticised South Africans who accused Basotho citizens residing in SA of being behind crimes being committed on South African soil. Kabi is also a close ally of the Terene gang leader, Sarele Sello, also known as Lehlanya. A fortnight ago, thousands of irate Krugersdorp residents attacked a group of illegal miners – known in SA as zama zamas – following the gang-rape of eight women who were recording a music video at a mining dump. Police have blamed illegal immigrants, some of whom are Basotho, for the crime. Kabi, whose party is alleged to be enjoying financial support from the proceeds of illegal mining, especially during the electioneering period ahead of Lesotho’s national polls on 7 October, said he was going to ensure that the famo gangs were taken care of in all spheres of their lives. “I am holding Lehlanya’s hand because he is a Lesotho national who speaks the same language as us,” Kabi said. This was not the first time Kabi pledged his support for the famo gangs. Recently he travelled to Klerksdorp on a similar mission and has even lauded Lehlanya for recruiting more than 40,000 members for the ABC in the build-up to the elections.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marafaele Mohloboli at SowetanLive
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page