Brian Sokutu
During the unofficial industrial action to back up their demands for higher wages at the Lonmin platinum mine, workers had no leader to turn to for guidance – becoming agitated, angry and militant.
Addressing a gathering to mark the commemoration of the Marikana massacre 10 years ago, Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president Joseph Mathunjwa said something profound – stressing the importance of collaborating with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), burying the hatched in the interest of workers’ rights. “We are saying to NUM, comrades, if there is any commonality to fight with the enemy, which is the white monopoly capital, we won’t lose anything except the chains of oppression,” Mathunjwa told the crowds who gathered at the famous Marikana koppie, where 34 miners were mowed down by police on...
