Johnathan Paoli
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has officially called for the removal of Road Accident Fund (RAF) CEO Collins Letsoalo, and notified authorities of a looming 48-hour strike action set for Thursday.
The trade union issued a statement on Tuesday and said it has served the RAF with a 48-hour notice to strike and is planning a national shutdown this week at the fund’s offices across the country.
NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim said the union is expected to march to the offices of the National Department of Transport in Pretoria to hand over a memorandum of demands, to the Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga listing all the problems at the organisation, and demanding that the RAF CEO Collins Letsoalo be removed because of the disastrous state of the entity.
The strike is against the outsourcing of critical operations, the alleged violations of the Protection
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