Response to the spurious accusations made by the Minister of Labour against Zwelinzima Vavi
07 December 2015
I condemn in the strongest possible terms the wild and defamatory allegations made by the Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, this morning, Monday 7th December 2015, on Power FM, accusing myself and unions of being involved in the labour brokering business.
There can be no doubt that she was referring to me when she accused the “the former GS of Cosatu”.
I fully support the statement by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) that “the allegations made by the Minister of Labour are part of the broader political offensive and disinformation campaign”, against myself and Numsa and its democratically elected leadership.
I place on record that I have no business interests or deals with Labour Brokering firms and companies.
I remain opposed to these human traffickers and will never stop campaigning for them to be banned.
I challenge the Minister of Labour to back-up her allegations by publicly disclosing the names of Labour Broker companies in which I have an interest and the evidence of my involvement. If she cannot do so, she must retract the statement make a public apology.
Statement issued by Zwelinzima Vavi, 7 December 2015
