Cape Town - Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Sunday said his movement would not blame the government for the Marikana shooting without knowing the full facts that led to the death of 34 miners.
“We have refused to apportion blame at this moment, to seek to score cheap political points, and refused to drive sentiment against the government or anyone without knowing the full facts.”
Without naming Julius Malema, Vavi appeared to distance Cosatu from the expelled ANC Youth League president’s calls for President Jacob Zuma to resign over the August 16 bloodbath at Lonmin’s platinum mine in North West.
“We call on all those who have rushed to Marikana, to desist from their opportunism and to wait for the results of the commission of inquiry appointed by the president,” he told delegates at Cosatu’s Western Cape provincial congress. - Sapa