Tag Archive for Bongani Masuku

COSATU’s Masuku: Discussion of miners’ massacre “diverts attention” from Israeli policies

On the very day that South African police opened fire and killed dozens of striking mine workers, the country’s national trade union centre, COSATU, issued two statements (here and here) condemning … Israel. Irish trade unionist Tom Carew wrote to…

COSATU official fails to apologise for hate speech remarks – may face Equality Court

COSATU’s International Relations spokesperson Bongani Masuku could soon be hauled before South Africa’s Equality Court after failing to apologise for comments made at a Palestine solidarity rally in March last year that the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) found…

COSATU delegation to join the Gaza Freedom March!

The South African trade union national centre, COSATU, has just released this media statement. This new years eve, 31 December 2009, thousands of people and activists from all over the world will gather in Gaza for a historic march against…