South Africa: NUM Welcomes Ramphele's Resignation

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) welcomes the resignation of Mamphele Ramphele as chairperson of Goldfields and believes that the move was long overdue.

The mining sector requires people with a very strong character to be able to transform rather than a mere opinion-maker who shouts from the sidelines with no concomitant action. The NUM requires people with a certain level of pragmatism rather than theorists to occupy these strategic positions in order to influence decisions that would favour the majority.

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