By Obakeng Maje
Rustenburg- The Congress of South African Trade Union celebrated its Workers’ Day successfully, jointly with its alliance partners – SACP, ANC and SANCO – and with support of the communities around the North West, in particular in the Bojanala region in the platinum belt.

“We want to thank all our affiliates, our alliance, our churches, our government and our communities for making sure that our Workers’ Day was successful in the current situation in the platinum belt” Cosatu’s provincial secretary Solly Phetoe said.

Workers received messages of support from premier, the Department of Labour, SACP National Deputy Chair, the ANC Provincial Chair (on behalf of the ANC NEC), SANCO national organizer and our CEC of COSATU.

All the messages were calling on workers to unite and safeguard the working class, including servicing workers at the workplace and to fight for one industry- one union, one federation – one country.

They all reflected on the current state on the platinum belt and the ongoing exploitation of workers by some farmers and Sun City in particular for refusing to allow workers to attend the May Day, some of whom may not to be allowed to vote on voting day.

“We want to thank the Minister of Police and his team in the North West for their intervention to make sure that our Workers’ Day was safe and protected from all corners of the North West” Phetoe said.

He said they are happy that the police monitored activity from the morning of 1st May 2014 until late, after making sure all went back home safe.

Cosatu also apologised to all our members for the late arrival of some of buses from far as Vryburg, Taung, Mafikeng and many more areas.

They called on all members and their families to go out – all of them – on the 7th May 2014 and vote for the people’s movement, the ANC.-TDN
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