Creamer Media Login

FEDUSA: Statement by the Federation of Unions of South Africa, mourns the death of Madiba (06/12/2013)

6th December 2013

Font size: - +

The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) is mourning the death of Former President Nelson Mandela. While saddened by his passing, the Federation also celebrates the enormous contribution Madiba made to peace and reconciliation.

“It is with sadness that we learnt of the passing of Madiba last night,” said FEDUSA General Secretary Dennis George. “Tata Madiba is undoubtedly the biggest icon ever to emerge from South Africa, and his contribution to South African history can never be sufficiently emphasised. I can still recall when, after elected as president, he wanted to meet with FEDUSA. When his office phoned we indicated that we were more than prepared to see him at the Union Buildings, but we were told that he insisted to meet us at our offices. It was a wonderful experience for our leadership at that time to shake hands with such a great man,” George remembered.

“Although we are mourning the passing of Madiba, it would be wrong not to celebrate the life that he lived. Nelson Mandela was the pivotal point of the successful and peaceful transition from the apartheid state to a democratic country. We must laud him for not harbouring hate or feelings of retribution, but rather becoming a servant of all South Africans and fostering reconciliation between all the racial groups in our beautiful country. It is only on this foundation of peace that we could start building our country to what it is now, and what it will become,” George concluded.

Emails and social media posts from FEDUSA leaders and officials all have the same basic message of sadness and reverence for the late Nelson Mandela. The national flag at FEDUSA House in Roodepoort was hanging half-mast, and misty morning weather typical of this time of year in the West Rand seemed rather more sad than usual.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Comments

The content you are trying to access is only available to subscribers.

If you are already a subscriber, you can Login Here.

If you are not a subscriber, you can subscribe now, by selecting one of the below options.

For more information or assistance, please contact us at subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za.

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

Click Here

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

➕

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

➕

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION

➕