Name:Bleskop (naby Rustenburg)
Google count: 2,130 for Bleskop all 1240
Date:5 August 2008
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We must all act to bring an end to this violence. There is no place in our democracy for people to organise through violence and terror. Workers on the mines must be vigilant in their pursuit of unity.
I have returned to Bleskop to urge you all, indeed to challenge all of you, and especially the leaders amongst you, to make a pledge to work together for peace and stability on the mines. Let us work together to expose the hidden hand of those who want to take us back to the days of apartheid. Refuse to be used against your own brothers and sisters!
Let us all agree here and now, that there will be no more intimidation, no more roadblocks, no more curfews, no more no-go zones. We cannot allow our society to be run by gangsters. Let us pledge that all workers shall enjoy their right to freedom of association and their right to join any unions that work within the framework or our labour laws, which are properly registered and use legitimate ways to recruit members.
It is our duty, wherever we are, to support those who suffered with us under apartheid; and those who today contribute to the building of a better life. It is our task to ensure that they are not targeted for destabilisation by sinister elements. The brutal assassinations of union members are to be condemned in the strongest terms. The government will not tolerate the building of any organisation on the corpses of mineworkers.
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1997/sp1018b.html
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