Baleni, NUM and COSATU, must take a very long and hard look at whether they are still relevant, and to whom. But, like every advice we have dished out freely for years now, this will be dismissed as anti- this and that. The point is that the time they devote to Zuma is costly to the workers, as they spend their hard-earned subscriptions and tax on ANC faction fights. Perhaps because Mbeki told them to focus on what they were established for, they feel they must support the one without a backbone, but warms them up with his stupid laughs. Vavi will have to jump ship, into the gravy train, whilst he still commands some listening.

The bottom line is that the ANC is going down fast, and dragging everything else, including the country, with it.

No precedent here as this is the way the industry has been for years. The main reason why the mines are so heavily dependant on such a large labour force was to appease the government and its policies of job creation.

But the government has failed miserably in the recent months with these disputes and protecting output and economic stability . Watch for creeping mechanization of mining and gradual reduction of work force from here on.

The strikers , unions and the government just shot themselves in both feet.

Only a total ignorameous will applaud the loss of 1200 jobs.

Wishfully certain ‘species’ of people among South African compatriots will never appreciate the good that our precious Lord have done for the Marikana catastrophe. Their sole reason lies in the essence of the fact that they wanted the situation to get worse so that they may continue blabbering about the ‘’they will never get it right’’ syndrome which they are seriously suffering from but however God is great and have ultimately answered our prayers.
South Africa is still having a long way to go in as far as achieving social solidarity and the feeling of fraternity precisely between black and white races of its population
On a reasonable analysis and extensive arguable facts a person can meticulously articulate that blacks have a reasonable appreciable essence and substance of reasonability to accept the white race but unfortunately in their minds the white race have got ‘’we will never appreciate their solidarity’’ stigma, the situation which will take a mortal being forever to solve but only limited to God himself for permanent solution.
I for one feel very heartbroken as the majority of the people who died fall within the colour of my skin and that is a very serious concern, for a certain person to make mockery of the situation, is nothing unnecessary show-off of a complete lack of maturity and knowledge about South African affairs.
A person who grew up in a suburb go straight to University within the same vicinity and come back within the same vicinity to work in his father’s successful company will never ever understand anything about the South African realities. People must learn to think before they comment!!
‘’A certain percentage of our South African population will never in their life understand and get to feel the real South African realities because they have never experienced and travel on the road of sufferings and social ills and injustices that majority of our South Africans are currently experiencing.‘’

"On a reasonable analysis and extensive arguable facts a person can meticulously articulate that blacks have a reasonable appreciable essence and substance of reasonability to accept the white race but unfortunately in their minds the white race have got ‘’we will never appreciate their solidarity’’ stigma, the situation which will take a mortal being forever to solve but only limited to God himself for permanent solution."

Crikey, Mica, how about just articulating your point - which is valid - clearly and concisely, and possibly with a limited number of words?

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If you preach the South African gospel to someone in Britain or America as internet have got no boundaries, a person need to elaborate so that those people can understand the South African realities.
However long comments are better than hogwash insults and plain racial discriminations which are the most rife common problems of almost all the bloggers on this blog except RSA.MammoCyndi and M1si2zi3nzo4 as credit should be given where is due, the mentioned bloggers never insult anybody racially or otherwise and are always making sense in every aspect they comment / blog about.
Deliberately certain bloggers are lazy and precisely ‘’lazy’’ to read long comments simply because they are just lazy or their IQ cannot squire up to the communication level.
I will never be a judge in my own case but I am sure that I have never insulted a living soul on this blog how I wish others can follow the example by laying bare the facts and stop playing the individual but start providing the solution for our South African problems the responsibility and natural mandate that we all commonly share as South African compatriots.

RSA.MammoCyndi and M1si2zi3nzo4 are extremely good examples of South African senior citizens who a person can really fall back on for Government solutions and advices as they historically and contemporarily understand very well the South African social and economic realities, I personally want to congratulate them for being matured and reasonable in their approach.

Truth will remain! Those who have eyes will see but however those who remain blinded by racial hatred and jealously will remain perpetually disabled by the cloud of their own deliberate ignorance.

Mica, I'm not saying that you should drop the intelligence behind your comments - what I am saying is that your point will be carried across more effectively and more clearly, and will have far greater meaning and impact on the reader with more efficient use of the language.

Valid points tend to become blunted - and often ignored by the less capable reader - when wrapped in long winded ideas and unnecessarily florid language... which is unfortunate as all your points to seem to be valid and fair and worth reading...

Basically what I am saying is that you should keep saying what you are saying, but just do it more efficiently, and more people will listen...

They form part of management. Ramaphosa established NUM, using EC mineworkers, which are always the cannon-fodder for both the ANC and the trade unions, because of incompetence of that province.