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The Congress of South African Trade Unions wishes to clarify its views on the debate around the nationalisation of the mines.
General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, in response to questions at the launch of the federation's Growth Path document on 14 September, mentioned that the ANC Youth League has been the main proponent of the nationalisation of South Africa.
He later said that "If we let the demagogues win the discussion which is based on a singular, narrow focus on the mines instead of looking at the state broadly and nationalsation broadly then we can only give rise to the criticism that ... all these people are interested in is to lay their hands on the mineral resources for accumulation."
By juxtaposing these two statements some of the media, notably ETV and TimesLive have given the erroneous impression that COSATU was implying that the Youth League were ‘demagogues'. The federation has made no such insinuation about the Youth League. Demagogues are an element that can be found in all walks of life and it was never the intention to suggest that the Youth League itself is guilty of demagoguery.