South Africa: Don't Jump On #ZumaMustFall 'Bandwagon' - Numsa

17 December 2015

The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has come out against the #ZumaMustFall campaign, warning of a repeat of 2007 when former president Thabo Mbeki was recalled.

"The #ZumaMustFall campaign has however struck a chord among middle and working-class people of all races, who are rightly sickened by the scourge of corruption, cronyism, incompetence and the looting of the state, which they see as being personified by the president himself," Numsa national office bearers said in a statement on Thursday.

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