NUMSA threatens mass action if ANC goes to bed with the DA

Johnathan Paoli

THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has joined mounting calls against the possibility of a coalition between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA).

In a statement on Thursday, NUMSA General secretary Irvin Jim said that a possible coalition between the parties would end in disaster for the working class and the marginalised of the country.

“Should the ANC/DA coalition happen, we shall be left with no option, but to go back to basics given the despondence of the working class and the poor and call on all trade union and all left political parties that represent the working class to unite and embark on a rolling mass action in pursuit of the demands of the working class and to pursue class struggle for a socialist South Africa as the only guarantee for fundamental change,” Jim said.

The NUMSA leader said despite