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Afrique du sud : NUMSA's Expulsion from COSATU - A sad day - a travesty of Justice

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2014-11-13T11:14:00Z

Dear Comrades and friends of the workers movement in South Africa
It is a terribly sad day. NUMSA was expelled in the early hours of this morning. For the record the vote was 33 to 24. As Andrew Chriwa, President of NUMSA said, NUMSA is COSATU. It formed COSATU, with others of course. It shaped COSATU during its different phases and histories.
The Working class will face greater and more bold attacks from the neoliberal state and from predatory capitalism. During this entire saga, we (…)

- Afrique du sud / communiqués partis amis et associations, syndicalisme

Afrique du sud : DLF Statement on the Sidikiwe Vukani Vote No Campaign

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2014-04-26T10:37:00Z

Though the DLF is not standing in the 2014 elections we cannot and will not be silent. We support the vote No Campaign as articulated by Sidikiwe Vukani. This is a step forward in breaking with support for parties that collaborate with or represent capital and its interests.
The Sidikiwe Vukani no Campaign must be placed in context. As we mark 20 years since the end of Apartheid and the advent of democracy, there is a deep rupturing of the post apartheid social consensus in the face of (…)

- Afrique du sud / communiqués partis amis et associations, Election

Afrique du Sud : Urgent Appeal for Support and Solidarity

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2014-04-19T10:13:00Z

Comrades, its once again the time to dig deep. Things are beginning to change. The ANC's hegemony is eroding. Corruption, cronyism, the Marikana massacre and an upturn in working class struggle is rapidly changing the situation. We are entering a new period where great opportunities exist for the recomposition of the labour movement, for uniting workplace and community struggles and to create a dynamic towards the formation of a genuine left alternative to the ANC with strong roots in the (…)

- Afrique du sud / solidarité

Afrique du sud : Statement of the Democratic Left Front (DLF)

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2014-04-10T03:32:00Z

“We are looking forward to the mass workers party to challenge the neoliberal ANC government and its capitalist allies”
On the eve of the May national elections the Democratic Left Front held its Second Conference since its formation in 2011 at Stay City in Berea, Johannesburg from March 27 – 30 2014.
140 delegates representing a number of important popular movements, independent trade unions, women, youth, socialist and environmental organisations from around the country met and were (…)

- Afrique du sud / communiqués partis amis et associations

Le Front démocratique de gauche salue le Congrès extraordinaire du NUMSA : « Ensemble, une nouvelle Afrique du Sud est possible »

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2014-01-06T11:19:00Z

Un spectre hante la classe dominante et le gouvernement d'Afrique du Sud : il s'agit du mouvement anticapitaliste radical que le National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA – Syndicat national des métallurgistes d'Afrique du Sud) a mis sur pied lors de son Congrès extraordinaire qui s'est tenu la semaine dernière [du 17 au 20 décembre 2013]. La Front démocratique de gauche (DLF – Democratic Left Front) félicite le NUMSA pour ce congrès qui a rassemblé les métallurgistes malgré des (…)

- Afrique du sud / communiqués partis amis et associations, syndicalisme

Afrique du sud : Statement on the SUSPENSION OF COSATU GENERAL SECRETARY ZWELINZIMA VAVI

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2013-08-30T03:56:00Z

As expected the COSATU Central Executive Committee took a decision to suspend Vavi, its general secretary. An internal probe will now sit and in all likelihood find him guilty of bringing COSATU into disrepute and he will be permanently removed from the leadership of COSATU. Women's abuse is a very serious offence. Abuse of power is very serious. No-one should be above the law. In this case Vavi's guilt has not been established. And it is obvious that the rapid and determined way some in (…)

- Afrique du sud / communiqués partis amis et associations, syndicalisme

Afrique du sud : NOT A SINGLE JOB MUST BE LOST AT AMPLATS

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2013-07-08T03:08:00Z

The National Steering Committee (NSC) of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) met in Johannesburg over the past weekend. The meeting received a detailed report from representatives of the Amplats Workers' Committee on current worker mobilisation to fight and stop the retrenchments at Amplats. These retrenchments were announced on 15th January and threaten the jobs of some 14,000 workers at 4 mines (Khuseleka 1&2, Khomanani 1 & 2) in Rustenburg, and the Union Mine in Pilanesberg which (…)

- Afrique du sud / communiqués partis amis et associations, Analyse

Afrique du sud : DLF Honours the life of Neville Alexander

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2012-09-07T03:12:00Z

The Democratic Left Front (DLF) joins many activists in South Africa and around the world in mourning the death of Neville Alexander, leader of the Workers Organisation for Socialist Action (WOSA). We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends, comrades in WOSA and the Truth Conference and especially his life-partner Karen Press.
Although Neville Alexander was an internationally acclaimed intellectual, linguist and educationist he remained until his death a revolutionary (…)

- Afrique du sud / communiqués partis amis et associations

Afrique du sud : Justice Now For The Marikana Workers and Communities !

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2012-08-30T10:25:00Z

On the 16th August 2012, post apartheid democracy lurched into a horror. It was estimated 34 mineworkers at the Lonmin Mine in the North West province were brutally gunned down by police and in total over 70 workers have been injured. The death toll at this stage is still not completely verified, with the community still reporting loved ones missing and not accounted for in official body counts.
The DLF has been providing solidarity to the Marikana workers and community over the past few (…)

- Afrique du sud / luttes ouvrières

Afrique du sud : National Activist Workshop on People-Driven Transformation of Local Government, WITS University, Johannesburg

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT — 2011-10-25T02:55:00Z

Introduction
Eighty activists representing various social movements, local and provincial structures of the Democratic Left Front (DLF), and a few left groups (a total of 53 organisations represented - see list below) from across the country met this weekend at a DLF convened national workshop to deliberate on the outcomes of the recent local government elections, the character of grass roots struggles to transform local government, the crisis of local government and the political (…)

- Afrique du sud / Analyse