The Department of Labour (DoL) registrar’s intention to deregister the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) for failing to hold a congress within the five-year period stipulated by its constitution is politically motivated by a State that has been captured by white monopoly capital, AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa said during a media briefing on Friday. DoL registrar Lehlohonolo Daniel Molefe earlier this week confirmed that he would deregister the union if it failed to make submissions to his office within 60 days as a result of the union’s noncompliance with its constitution, its failure to submit information on financial auditing and its failure to hold regular elective conferences.
