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ZCTU suspends four affiliate union leaders
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
August 13, 2005

The ZCTU General Council met today (13 August 2005) to deliberate the resolutions of the 14 July leadership meeting which recommended that affiliate unions write to the mother body declaring their position as to wehter or not they associate themselves with the so called seventeen disgruntled affiliate unions and also expressing their position regarding the ZCTU and its current leadership

30 Affiliate unions responded in support of the ZCTU and its current leadership and disassociating themselves from the so called disgruntled affiliates. One only responded supporting the ZCTU and refused to give its position regarding thre leadership. 4 did not bother to respond at all.

The Special General Council meeting considered the evidence before it, prefered charges against four members of the General Council namely Nicholas Mazarura from the Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Workers Union, Langton Mugeji from the Zimbabwe leather Shoe and Allied Workers Union, Farai Makanda from the Transport and General Workers Union and Joseph Midzi from the Associated Mine Workers Union.

The above members were found guilty of bringing the name of the ZCTU into disrepute and in terms of article 15.4.3 of the ZCTU constitution which says "a member of th General Council shall lose such position if such a member acts in a manner considered by the General Council to be detrimental to the interests of the Congress"

The members were found guilty of going to the press attacking the ZCTU leadership without authority, their aggressive nature which led them to assaulting and disturbing Generalk Council meetings, making public statement s to the press without approaval of the General Council, hiring thugs to disrupt ZCTU activities, communication with other international bodies like the ILO anbd the ICFTU without approaval from the General Council, fraudulently using ZCTU letterheads without authority, flighting press advertisements on ZCTU letterheads without authority and the general disregard of the ZCTU leadership and the Constitution.

The General Council therefore resolved that the four be suspended from the General Council in terms article 15.8.2.5 of the ZCTU Constitution.

The General Council further resolved that the affiliates from which the four members came from be advised of the decesion regarding the suspensions and that they be also advised to second alternative members to the ZCTU General Council.

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