The reader of this blogpost will understand
that I have not fully understood the situation. Let me give some short
insights:
The Congress of South African Trade Unions'
(Cosatu's) central executive committee is gathered tonight in a serious
meeting. According to BusinessDayLive the Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima
Vavi’s fate is on the agenda. He is accused of having raped a woman in the
organisation.
On 16 August one year has passed after the
massacre at Marikana. Today I read in Mail & Guardian that the new trade
union, AMCU, has been recognised as the majority union at Lonmin. The old one, NUM,
is a member of Cosatu.
IOL news says that Vavi scandal has claimed
its first casualty. A special national executive committee of the SA Democratic
Teachers Union has suspended Thobile Ntola, president of the teachers’ union Sadtu.
He had allowed Vavi to address a gathering in the Eastern Cape, so that he
could explain himself.
There is a discussion in Cosatu whether or
not they should support Zuma. As far as I understand Vavi is not a Zuma
supporter. But isn't the Vavi story very similar to the Zuma-saga? Some also claim that there is a conspiracy here, just as others said when Zuma was accused for having raped a women.
I don’t understand much but I have to ask: Who
cares about the woman who maybe was raped? Who cares about the mine workers in
Marikana whose salaries still are too low?
