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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