Zille admits error - ANC

2009-06-02 07:21

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille (Trevor Kolk, Sapa)

Cape Town - The ANC said on Monday it welcomed the "admittance of error" by Western Cape Premier Helen Zille on her males-only provincial Cabinet.

"The African National Congress welcomes the admittance by Zille, that it was an error to appoint the male-only provincial Cabinet. We hope that going forward the premier and her party will seek ways of redressing this unfortunate epoch."

Duarte said the ANC also acknowledged the call by Cosatu to proceed to file an application in terms of Section 77 of the Labour Relations Act, in an attempt to get the parties to the table, with Nedlac as mediators.

Earlier on Monday the trade union federation announced it would declare a Nedlac-level dispute over Zille's all-male executive council.

Cosatu Western Cape secretary Tony Ehrenreich said after a meeting with Zille on Monday that she had conceded there was a problem with the lack of representivity of women in her executive.

- SAPA