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The decision to only recall the mayor and chief whip of the Madibeng municipality is nothing but election posturing by the ANC. It shows that the ANC leadership are tied hand and foot to Anglo American and are indeed a lackey of imperialism.

It is on record that Anglo American and other mining monopolies have stolen trillions of dollars of wealth from Southern Africa (and continue to do so). Here are the funds not only for adequate water for all, but decent housing, jobs for all, not only for SA but for the entire Southern Africa. The ANC ignores this corruption and only symbolically targets some small fish fighting over the crumbs. Even then, the ANC itself had a recommendation in 2012 already that the corrupt water tenderpreneurs would be arrested. Now these officials are recalled and will probably be recycled elsewhere. Siphiwe Nyanda was supposed to also be brought to book but he has been recycled and is still serving elsewhere.

We call for the formation of workers committees in communities, on the mines and at other workplaces. Let the demand for water for all be raised at the strike lines, in the communities- it is time that communities and workers on strike unite, just like the 2012 miners strike.

The demand remains for the expropriation of Anglo American and other monopolies, without compensation, to be placed under workers control. The EFF, ANC, the Cosatu or Amcu leaders and others will not bring freedom for the masses; only revolutionary mass action will liberate us.

* Arrest the police and their commanders who killed the workers from Marikana to Mothotlung
* Arrest the bosses of Anglo American and other mining monopolies
* Expropriate Anglo American and other monopolies
* we demand the immediate return of all the wealth stolen by them
* Water and decent housing for all
* share all the work among all who can work at a living wage

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Shaheed Mahomed
WorkersInternational Vanguard Party
(formerly Workers International Vanguard League)
1st Floor, Community House
41 Salt River rd
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South Africa
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