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NUM President Joseph Montisetse to lead a march to Parliament in Cape Town today

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NUM President Joseph Montisetse to lead a march to Parliament in Cape Town today

Press statement, 06 October 2018

 

NUM President Joseph Montisetse to lead a march to Parliament in Cape Town today

 

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) President Joseph Montisetse will lead and address a march to parliament in Cape Town today. The NUM will be joined by the South African Communist Party (SACP) and COSATU in the Western Cape.

The NUM organises in the mining, construction, and energy. The march is to defend citizens from effects of Power Purchase Agreements and Independent Power Producers imposed on Eskom by Department of Energy. Furthermore, the joint March is intended at defending Eskom workers against the looming job cuts; reject electricity tariff increases for funding IPPs, and also to reject privatisation of Eskom. The march is also directed to Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) against municipalities who are failing to pay Eskom debt thus contributing to the looming job cuts.

Details of the march are as follows:
Date: 06 October 2018
Assembly point: CPUT Cape Town Campus.
Time: 11 am

Members of the media are invited to cover the march.

For more information, please contact:

Joseph Montisetse: NUM President: 082 809 2391

ADDRESS:
7 Rissik Street.
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Johannesburg 2001
Tel: 011 377 2111

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The National Union of Mineworkers was founded in 1982.

Its birth was facilitated by comrades Cyril Ramaphosa who rose to be its first General Secretary, James Motlatsi who turned to be its first President, and Elijah Barayi who became its Vice President and later the President of Cosatu in 1985 when the federation was formed. porn