The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) called a Special National Congress from December 17 to 20 to examine and discuss the political and economic situation of the country after the Marikana massacre. In a hard-hitting Declaration, Congress denounced the endorsement by the ANC government of neo-liberal policies, also supported by the South African Communist Party. As a “revolutionary union”, NUMSA will now build a socialist opposition, based on the Freedom Charter, at the political level and within COSATU. The full text of the Declaration can be downloaded from the link below.

http://www.numsa.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/SNC-Declaration-final-copy.pdf