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Saftu members making their way to Parliament in Cape Town during a demonstration against proposed minimum wage. Image: Graig-Lee Smith/EWN

South african federation of trade unions

Saftu welcomes the end of South Africa's national state of disaster

By Masechaba Sefularo

Saftu said this came as a relief for those sectors of the economy that incurred massive losses due to COVID lockdown restrictions.

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  • FILE: Saftu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi addressing Saftu members at the Worker Library near Mary Fitzgerald Square in NewTown, Johannesburg 25 April 2018. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

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  • FILE: Saftu workers protest in the Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday 25 April 2018. Picture: Mia Lindeque/EWN

    'Workers fought too hard for freedom to accept R20/h minimum wage'

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  • FILE: Saftu union members. Picture: Supplied.

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  • Saftu leadership brief the media on their planned mass action against the propose national minimum wage. Picture: EWN

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    1491 days ago
  • Trade unionist Zwelinzima Vavi addressing anti-minimum wage protesters in Cape Town. Picture: @Numsa_Media/Twitter

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    1491 days ago
  • FILE: Saftu union members. Picture: Supplied.

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    1491 days ago
  • Saftu leadership brief the media on their planned mass action against the propose national minimum wage. Picture: EWN

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  • Trade unionist Zwelinzima Vavi addressing anti-minimum wage protesters in Cape Town. Picture: @Numsa_Media/Twitter

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    1502 days ago
  • Jacob Zuma delivering an address on 14 February 2018 in which he announced his resignation as president of South Africa. Picture: GCIS

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