THE National Union Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has decided, after holding a special central committee (SCC) meeting on July 11 and 12, to suspend its second deputy president Ruth Ntlokotse, days before it plans to hold its eleventh national congress in Cape Town.
The national congress, where Numsa plans to elect new leadership, is due to take place from July 25 to 29.
Numsa secretary general Irvin Jim says Ntlokotse – who is also South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) president – is facing suspension because Numsa’s SCC “felt that [her] conduct . . . undermined the organisation and its unity.”
“[Ntlokotse] has defined [herself] outside the collective leadership of the national office bearers. As such, the SCC took a decision to place [Ruth] under suspension, pending a fair disciplinary process of the organisation,” says Jim.
He adds that Numsa “is not in a position to discuss the details of the
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