Address by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at the FEDUSA 6th National Congress, Birchwood Conference Centre, Ekurhuleni (The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa)

(Source: The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa) 18 November 2016 Minister of Labour, Ms Mildred Oliphant, President of FEDUSA, Mr Koos Bezuidenhout, General Secretary of FEDUSA, Mr Dennis George, President of COSATU, Mr Sdumo Dlamini, President of NACTU, Mr Joseph Maqhekeni, Leadership of SATUCC and ITUC Africa, President of Business Unity South Africa, Mr Jabu Mabuza, Delegates, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, More than sixty years ago, in the months leading up to the Congress of the People in Kliptown, a call went out to the people of South Africa. It was a call for them to speak of their trials and tribulations, their hopes and aspirations. It said: We call the miners...