The mailing says that, on January 14, an arson attack caused a serious fire at the Johannesburg local office of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), and three days later armed men visited the Germiston regional office of COSATU in search of Chris Dlamini, Vice President of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The mailing says NUMSA general secretary Moses Mayekiso accused security force agents of complicity in the arson, noting that it was the work of people who had the "time and authority to enter the building." It discusses the African National Congress (ANC). The mailing says the South African government can end these attacks on the union movement,...
The mailing says that, on January 14, an arson attack caused a serious fire at the Johannesburg local office of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), and three days later armed men visited the Germiston regional office of COSATU in search of Chris Dlamini, Vice President of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The mailing says NUMSA general secretary Moses Mayekiso accused security force agents of complicity in the arson, noting that it was the work of people who had the "time and authority to enter the building." It discusses the African National Congress (ANC). The mailing says the South African government can end these attacks on the union movement, and it asks people to write to President F.W. de Klerk demanding that he investigate and prosecute those responsible for these attacks. The mailing includes a press statement, ARSON ATTACK ON NUMSA JOHANNESBURG by the Nation Union of Metalworkers of South Africa. It also includes a COSATU press statement, THREAT ON VICE-PRESIDENT CHRIS DLAMINI AND COSATU ADMINISTERS LIFE.
