- flatbus
- Sep 19, 2012
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I know NUMSA was mentioned before but they're worth mentioning again. At around 350k members they're the largest union in South Africa, and they recently broke with the ANC and the SACP. Now they're trying to find a new socialist movement to join up with:
Resolutions adopted at Numsa Special National Congress, December 16-20 2013 posted:
3.1.1. That our members and shopstewards must be active on all fronts and in all struggles against neo-liberal policies, whether these policies are being implemented in the workplace or in communities.
3.1.2. That in all our constitutional structures, there should be a standing agenda item on community struggles, their nature and NUMSA’s attitude to these community struggles.
3.3. Side by side with the establishment of the new UNITED FRONT, we in NUMSA must explore the establishment of a MOVEMENT FOR SOCIALISM as the working class needs a political organisation committed in its policies and actions to the establishment of a Socialist South Africa.
3.4. In order to execute the task of exploring the establishment of the MOVEMENT FOR SOCIALISM, as a union we must do the following:
3.4.1. In line with the existing NUMSA resolution, convene a Conference on Socialism
3.4.2. Leading up to this conference, conduct a thoroughgoing discussion on previous attempts to build socialism as well as current experiments to build socialism
3.4.3. Commission an international study on the historical formation of working class parties. As part of this study we need to explore the different type of parties – from mass workers parties to vanguard parties. We must look at countries such as Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Greece and any other international experiments.
3.4.4. The study on working class parties must also look at their programmes with the aim of identifying elements of what may constitute a revolutionary programme for the working class.
3.5. This work to explore the formation of a MOVEMENT FOR SOCIALISM must be regularly reported to constitutional structures and the work must be finalised by the first NUMSA Central Committee in 2015.
3.6. In all the work being done, whether on building a new united front or exploring the formation of a Movement for Socialism, as NUMSA we must be alert to gains that may present possibilities of either the new United Front or any other progressive coalition or party committed to socialism standing for elections in future. The NUMSA constitutional structures must continuously assess these developments and possibilities.
(bolding theirs, not mine)
and have emphatically stated that it is not the EFF:
NUMSA's assessment of the EFF posted:
The most disturbing issue, for us as a working class organisation, is that the President and Commander and Chief of EFF has been a Director of companies which do work for government on the basis of tenders. This is relevant since it is EFF policy to rebuild the capacity of the state and thus do away with ‘tenderpreneurs'. When asked about alleged payment for tenders in Limpopo, the EFF President said "There is no money that came to me or any of my entities." Court cases are still pending on whether Malema committed any illegal acts, but 2 things are clear:
The EFF President accepts that he is a businessman when he talks of "my entities". He has at one time or another been a Director of the following companies:
SGL Engineering Projects,
101 Junjus Trading,
Blue Nightingale Trading 61 o Ever Roaring Investments. o Ngkape Mining Investments
So, whatever his class position now, the Commander and Chief has recently been a capitalist.
The Report of the Public Protector makes a clear finding that, on the question of tenders between the Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport and On-Point Engineering:
The EFF President's family trust, the Ratanang Family Trust, owned 50% of On-Point Engineering
Ratanang "benefited improperly from the unlawful, fraudulent and corrupt conduct of On-Point and maladministration of the Department".
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