{"id":1077,"date":"2026-08-17T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/amcu-president-mathunjwa-criticizes-democratic-government-for-failing-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T06:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:30:21","slug":"amcu-president-mathunjwa-criticizes-democratic-government-for-failing-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/umongameli-we-amcu-umathunjwa-ugxeka-uhulumeni-wentando-yeningi-ngabasebenzi-abahlulekayo\/","title":{"rendered":"UMongameli we-AMCU uMathunjwa Ugxeka Uhulumeni Wentando Yeningi Ngabasebenzi Abahlulekayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UMengameli we-Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) uJoseph Mathunjwa usole uhulumeni wentando yeningi waseNingizimu Afrika ngokuhluleka ukufeza izisebenzi, ethi emcimbini wokukhumbula iMarikana we-14 ngomhlaka-16 Agasti 2026 ukuthi izithembiso ze-Freedom Charter azikagcwaliseki futhi izimo zokusebenza zabavukuzi zisalokhu zimbi. UMathunjwa uphinde wabuza ngokuntuleka okuqhubekayo kokuziphendulela ngokubulawa kwabantu eMarikana ngo-2012, ephawula ukuthi eminyakeni eyishumi nane ngemuva kokuba abasebenzi bavukuzi abangu-34 babulawe ngamaphoyisa ngesikhathi sombhikisho, akekho oye waboshwa.<\/p>\n<h4>UMathunjwa Ugxeka Ukuntuleka Kwentuthuko Kusukela EMarikana<\/h4>\n<p>UMathunjwa uchaze intando yeningi yezwe \u201cnjengengamanga\u201d futhi wagxeka abaholi bezepolitiki nabebhizinisi ngokuzicebisa ngenkathi abasebenzi besaphila ebuphofwini. Ekhuluma esikhumbuzweni, uMathunjwa uthe, \u201cI-Freedom Charter ithembise ukuthi abantu bazokwabelana ngengcebo yezwe; abasebenzi bahlela, bahlala kude, futhi baphazamisa ubandlululo, kodwa ngokubuyisela, u-R5 kwakuyisinxephezelo sabo abasithole kule ntando yeningi engamanga eholwa ngabavukeli mbumbulu.\u201d Uqhubeke wathi, \u201cLeli lizwe licebile ngezinsiza kodwa limpofu ebuholini. Laba bantu bahleli egumbini lomhlangano bexoxa ngabazukulu babo abasazozalwa; bavikela ikusasa labo ngekusasa lethu kanye nezingane zethu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukugxekwa kukaMathunjwa kuza njengoba abavukuzi namalungu omphakathi bebika ukuthi izimo zokuphila ziye zaba zimbi kakhulu, njengoba abasebenzi abaningi besikhathi eside besahlala ezindaweni ezingahlelekile eduze kwemisebenzi yezimayini. Umvukuzi ongashiwongo igama lakhe utshele i-SABC News ukuthi, \u201cSiphila ezimweni ezinzima. Sisebenza, kodwa lapho sihlala khona akulungile. Uyabona ukuthi kunemijondolo yonke indawo. Bengisebenza emayini iminyaka engama-20, kodwa sisahlala emijondolo.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Uhulumeni kanye Nemboni Yezimayini Kuyabuzwa Ukuzibophezela<\/h4>\n<p>I-AMCU igxeke kaningi ukwehluleka kukahulumeni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinkampani zezimayini ziyazihlonipha izibopho zazo zamalayisense okwakha ingqalasizinda ebalulekile njengezikole, imigwaqo, kanye nezindlu. Ngokusho kwe-AMCU, izinkampani ziyaqhubeka nokumba izinsiza ngaphandle kokutshalwa kwezimali okunenjongo emiphakathini ethintekile. Abavukuzi baphinde baveza ukukhathazeka ngethonya lezinkampani zezimayini phezu kwezinyunyana zabasebenzi, okuphakamisa ukuthi abaholi bezinyunyana namalungu akhokhelwa yizikhungo zezimayini abanalo ukuzimela ngokwanele ukuze bavikele izintshisekelo zabasebenzi.<\/p>\n<p>Ukubulawa kwabantu eMarikana ngomhlaka-16 Agasti 2012 kusalokhu kuyisiqephu esibalulekile emlandweni wezabasebenzi waseNingizimu Afrika, sidalula izinkinga ezijulile zesistimu ngaphakathi komkhakha wezimayini kanye nokuqapha kukahulumeni. Ukungabikho kokushushiswa noma ukuzibophezela okwengeziwe okuhlobene nokubulawa kuyaqhubeka kuphazamisa ubudlelwano phakathi kwabasebenzi, izinyunyana, umbuso, kanye nezinkampani zezimayini.<\/p>\n<p>I-AMCU icele ukuzibophezela okusha ezimisweni ze-Freedom Charter futhi ifune isinyathelo esisebenzayo kuhulumeni kanye nasembonini yezimayini ukuthuthukisa izimpilo zabasebenzi nokubhekana nokungalingani okuqhubekayo. Kulindeleke impendulo eyengeziwe kahulumeni ngemuva kwezicelo ezivuselelwe zokuziphendulela kanye nokuguqulwa okuvela ku-AMCU kanye nemiphakathi ethintekile.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMengameli we-AMCU uJoseph Mathunjwa ugxeke uhulumeni wentando yeningi emcimbini wokukhumbula iMarikana, ekhuluma ngezithembiso ezingagcwaliseki kanye nezimo ezimbi zabasebenzi basezimayini.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[903,906,399,904,866,905],"class_list":["post-1077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-amcu","tag-freedom-charter","tag-government-accountability","tag-joseph-mathunjwa","tag-marikana","tag-mineworkers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AMCU President Mathunjwa Criticizes Democratic Government for Failing Workers - 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