"Cosatu should be consistent and treat Ramaphosa like Zuma – AMCU"

President Cyril Ramaphosa still has the cloud of the Marikana Massacre over his head and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) should reconsider his address at the congress's main rally, said the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).

AMCU on Monday issued a statement indicating it would not commemorate Workers Day on May 1. Instead it wants August 12 to be declared a public holiday, in commemoration of the 34 striking mineworkers killed by the police in Marikana on that day, it said...

"Workers Day must commemorate our struggle. Lonmin (Marikana) Massacre is the epitome of our struggle. 16 August must be our Workers Day. Government must declare 16 August as South African workers day in commemoration of the Lonmin Marikana massacre,” the union said in a statement on Monday...

“As a trade union we hold the Lonmin (Marikana) Massacre in the same logical plane as the Soweto Uprising and the Sharpeville Massacres, just to mention a few; which have managed to symbolise the youth and human rights struggles of our country. It is this symbolism that gives meaning and relevance, within context, to a public holiday for whatever purpose.”...