Just as it did under former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure, Cosatu is threatening to withdraw support for the current presidency which it has described as dysfunctional.
South Africa is facing its worst postapartheid economic crisis with state-owned companies holding crippling debt, but decisive use of pension funds could grow the economy.
Cosatu said Sihle Zikalala’s government had presided over a jobs bloodbath in which thousands of workers were retrenched and dismissed in both the public and private sectors.
Traditionally, the trade union federation has been vehemently opposed to any kind of privatisation.
The labour federation and communist party are set to finally meet with the African National Congress on Thursday in a meeting that was meant to take place earlier this year.
Ntshalintshali has once again called for the removal of Jacob Zuma and has also described Cyril Ramaphosa as an ideal president.
This is despite Dlamini dismissing claims that the demonstration is a proxy battle ahead of the African National Congress' elective conference.
Their meeting comes after the Gauteng SACP and Cosatu announced that they would launch their own election campaign for the 2019 elections without the ANC.
The South African labour landscape has undergone massive changes in the past few years that have left the trade union movement almost unrecognisable
Cosatu's Sizwe Phamla says although the former president told the truth about Jacob Zuma being a poor leader, this is not what the country needs.
The union has taken a decision to bar President Jacob Zuma from addressing its activities.
Trade unions remain a force to be reckoned with in SA and that they deliver benefits to their members.
The trade union federation says it is spending its funds defending itself in court.
The ANC was tasked with intervening and resolving disputes which threatened Cosatu.
An ANC task team’s report on Cosatu’s & its complicated relationship with Numsa will be revealed today.
The interim Boks captain has hit back at Cosatu’s criticism on his choice of scrum cap.
The ANC will today meet with Cosatu to discuss its dispute with the metalworkers’ union.
Numsa says it still hasn’t met with an ANC task team over its dispute with Cosatu.
