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GroundUp reports that Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), has given Zwelinzima Vavi notice that the union intends to recall Vavi from his role as general secretary of the SA Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU). Numsa is Saftu’s largest member.
According to a letter dated 28 February 2023 from Jim, Vavi was elected Saftu general secretary as an official of Numsa and, at a meeting of the Numsa national executive committee, Numsa decided that Vavi’s conduct “does not serve the best interests of NUMSA’s members and the working class in general”. The letter points out that the Saftu constitution stipulates that a Saftu office-bearer can be recalled by the affiliate which provided the office-bearer “if the member violates the constitution of the affiliate, or brings it into disrepute, or if the affiliate considers that the person failed to represent the best interests of the union’s members and the working class in general”. According to Jim, Vavi’s “conduct over a protracted period of time has plainly brought Numsa as an organisation in disrepute”. Jim then gives examples of the conduct that Numsa’s NEC considers disreputable, beginning on 18 March 2022. Jim demands that Vavi give written reasons by 9 March why Numsa should not recall him from his position at Saftu, and hints that Numsa may initiate disciplinary action against Vavi.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by James Stent at GroundUp
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