Communication Workers Union

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) welcomes the appointment of the new South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Ms Lulama Mokhobo and Mr Thami ka Plaatjie as a Deputy Chairperson of the SABC Board.

We hope that these appointments will bring stability at the Public Broadcaster and that they will boost staff morale. As CWU, we have been consistent in calling for the full-time appointment of the Group CEO and the filling of vacant positions in the board of the SABC.

We also hope that these skilful individuals will add value in the discharge of the mandate of our public broadcaster and we wish them well in their respective positions.

Lastly, we want to thank Mr Phil Molefe for sailing the ship in the few months that he has been an acting GCEO.
 

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) would like to take this opportunity to convey its best wishes to the African National Congress (ANC) for reaching hundred, centennial celebrations and poised to soldier on until the freedoms that are stated in all the lines of the Freedom Charter have been attained.
 
The leading political formation of our revolutionary National Liberation Movement and alliance as made up together with our federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the true vanguard of the working class, the South African Communist Party (SACP), with historic and strong relations to the South African National Civics Organisation (SANCO), a component of the Mass Democratic Movement, the ANC is indeed not the leader of its members only.
 
Since the attainment of the very important milestone of the 1994 democratic breakthrough, which marked the defeat of the colonial apartheid regime whose legacy in our frank assessment the ANC remains determined to dismantle, whatever the challenges, and since the first ever democratic elections in our land South Africa, the ANC has been the leader of our government as based on the clarion call by the Freedom Charter “that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people”. This confirms the trust that our people have in the ANC, which is indeed the leader of our society.
 
In many ways the ANC does not belong to the people of South Africa only. Indeed many in our continent and the world have looked and are looking up to the ANC. The ANC has adopted an invaluable role in the African revolution and world affairs, to ensure, in line with the Freedom Charter that “The right of all peoples of Africa to independence and self-government” is recognised, and that world peace is achieved and maintained.