Zuma, ANC hindering progress, says Numsa

Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma and the ANC are an obstacle to progress in economic transformation, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said in a statement.

This comes ahead of the ANC’s upcoming annual statement to be delivered on January 8 at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the trade union said the ANC has not done enough to transform the economy over the past 22 years.

“The ANC has run out of ideas, and morals. It has no clear strategy on how to radically transform the economy,” stated Numsa.

The trade union indicated that because of its stance against Zuma, it had been expelled from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).

Numsa also said that the fact that the ANC only controls one metro in Gauteng, Ekurhuleni, shows the “growing discontent” of South Africans against the ruling party.

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“The visible increase in violent public protests is more than just an expression of frustration with the slow pace of transformative development.”

The trade union highlighted that the economic system ensures that the white minority benefits at the expense of the “poor black majority”. The economy remains in the hands of “white capitalists and multi-national corporations”, as Numsa indicated during its congress last year.

According to Numsa, the white population still makes up 75% of all top management positions in the South African economy, Fin24 previously reported.

Numsa added that the ANC’s economic policies are responsible for the higher unemployment, poverty levels and inequality.