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CONSTRAINTS: Numsa's Irvin Jim during the union's press conference in Johannesburg. PHOTO: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

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Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim told a media briefing in Johannesburg yesterday that South Africa required a revolutionary socio-economic platform to move forward.

Jim said the ANC government would not be able to change the lives of the majority because of the constraints of some sections of the constitution.

He said should the ANC be brave in the face of criticism and change the constitution, a majority of people, particularly blacks, would overwhelmingly vote for it.

"Our government cannot break the back of white monopoly capital and its population that has become an enclave swimming in wealth.

"We think Section 25 (which deals with the land issue) should be reviewed.

"We think the sunset clauses have not helped us.

"If the ANC were to take a decision at its policy conference and at its national conference to review the constitution, they'll get more than a two-thirds majority (in elections).

"This will be in the interest of blacks and whites because unless all have equal access to the wealth of the country, this is going nowhere in terms of building a new, democratic South Africa," said Jim.

Numsa president Cedric Gina said should the ANC fail to secure a two-thirds majority in the next elections, it would rely on like-minded parties like the PAC and Azapo for support to change the constitution.

"Even if in the next elections we fail to get a two-thirds majority, and I do not think we will fail, we will rely on parties like the PAC and Azapo, who historically support the land question."

The congress also said all state-owned enterprises should be nationalised and their mandates be changed to deliver services.

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Jun 13, 2012

JayJohnson

Irvin Jim why do you say these idiotic things ? Were you brainwashed into believing this suicidal economic behavior in some soviet political education camp ? You do know that the soviet union collapsed completely in complete bankruptcy and you do know that China has moved away from your Marxist-Leninist economic policies. You also know that South Africa's mining output is lower than at any time in your life time, yet you think it prudent to bring up these moronic ideas. How well did and is nationalization working in Zimbabwe ? No, Irvin Jim your ideas are guaranteed to fail. They will result in your members losing their jobs and being unable to support their families. Please come up with a sane, rational idea that has a slight chance of succeeding.
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Jun 13, 2012

omathivha

Irvin please don't retreat, we have been stretching an olive branch to the white monopoly capital for far tool long - we must be decisive guided by the obvious principle that real change (Revolution) will not have to come smiling to apartheid agents who refuse to see that the inherited socio-economic relations need a drastic change as it is still written on apartheid fault line of thinking
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Jun 13, 2012

FreeSpeech

Love it or hate it. If you want land - pay for it, otherwise it's theft!
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