{"id":1363,"date":"2020-12-26T19:14:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T19:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2020-12-26T17:34:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T17:34:46","slug":"nums-david-sipunzi-led-by-example-minerals-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nums-david-sipunzi-led-by-example-minerals-council","title":{"rendered":"NUM&#8217;s David Sipunzi led by example &#8211; Minerals Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg &#8211; The Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) on Saturday extended its sincere condolences to the family of National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general- secretary David Sipunzi, and to his colleagues and members of the NUM. Sipunzi died on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr Sipunzi led by example and was always willing to engage with all parties, while fully representing the interests of his members. Particularly during this year, where companies, government, and unions have collaborated closely on preventing and managing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr Sipunzi demonstrated his leadership and compassion, and his belief in the value of the mining industry. He will be missed,&#8221; the MCSA said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the National Education, Health, and Allied Workers\u2019 Union (Nehawu) paid tribute to Sipunzi.<\/p>\n<p>Sipunzi joined the NUM while working for Harmony where he became a NUM shaft steward and rose through the ranks of the NUM. At the NUM 15th national congress, he was elected as the general-secretary and was reaffirmed by the 16th national congress until his death, Nehawu said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Sipunzi &#8220;also contributed immensely in the international workers and working class struggles and served as one of the vice presidents of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), the class-oriented world federation&#8221;, the union said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He dedicated his entire life in fighting against employers who undermine workers\u2019 rights and in ensuring a safe working environment and aggressively fought against employers prioritising dividends over the health and safety of mineworkers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will forever be remembered for his selflessness and constant desire to champion workers struggles. His efforts to liberate mineworkers from exploitative mine bosses should inspire the unity of all mineworkers to continue to the struggle against slave wages,&#8221; Nehawu said.<\/p>\n<p><b>African News Agency (ANA)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Johannesburg &#8211; The Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) on Saturday extended its sincere condolences to the family of National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general- secretary David Sipunzi, and to his colleagues and members of the NUM. Sipunzi died on Friday morning. &#8220;Mr Sipunzi led by example and was always willing to engage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NUM&#039;s David Sipunzi led by example - Minerals Council - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Johannesburg - The Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) on Saturday extended its sincere condolences to the family of Na ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nums-david-sipunzi-led-by-example-minerals-council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NUM&#039;s David Sipunzi led by example - Minerals Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Johannesburg - The Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) on Saturday extended its sincere condolences to the family of Na ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nums-david-sipunzi-led-by-example-minerals-council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-26T19:14:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2020\/12\/img-5fe7741d3c6c0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nums-david-sipunzi-led-by-example-minerals-council#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nums-david-sipunzi-led-by-example-minerals-council\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NUM&#8217;s David Sipunzi led by example &#8211; 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