In 60 days the axe could fall on the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), one of SA’s most militant and disruptive trade unions, after a senior government official gave notice on Wednesday of cancelling its registration. There were two reasons for the notification of the pending cancellation of Amcu’s registration with the department of labour, said Lehlohonolo Molefe, the registrar of labour relations, in a government gazette. "The trade union has ceased to function in terms of its constitution; and the trade union is not a genuine trade union as envisaged in the act," Molefe said in the brief notice, which urged written responses within the next 60 days to argue why Amcu’s registration should not be cancelled.
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