The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is calling for President Jacob Zuma to face the 783 charges brought against him by the National Prosecuting Authority in 2007. Re-elected union general secretary Irvin Jim said on Thursday the conference had resolved that Zuma face the charges and be sent to jail if he is found guilty. He was presenting the resolutions of the union’s 10th conference which was held this week in Cape Town. In April the North Gauteng High Court ruled that the 783 fraud‚ racketeering and corruption charges against Zuma should be reinstated after an application was launched by the DA. Zuma is still appealing the decision. Numsa has also rejected the proposed national minimum wage of R3,500. "We denounce with contempt the current minimum wage of R3500 put forward at Nedlac by Cyril Ramaphosa as a modern-day slavery wage that does not come close to the R12,500 which Marikana workers were massacred for‚" said Jim.
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