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Cosatu calls for removal of Eskom board amid load shedding
Eskom will be implementing stage 1 load shedding for the third time on Friday morning, further frustrating South Africans and crippling businesses.
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Cosatu wants govt to put stricter conditions for any Eskom bailout
Cosatu has called on government to fire the current Eskom board and its acting CEO Jabu Mabuza following the net loss of R21 billion the parastatal has suffered this year.
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Cosatu, Sasbo vow banking sector strike will happen
Trade union federation Cosatu and banking union Sasbo will be appealing Thursday's ruling granting an interdict against a nationwide strike in the sector.
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[LISTEN] 'Capitalist system has little regard for human life'
Workers World Media Productions director Martin Jansen explains why the unions want the banking sector to embark on a strike.
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Cosatu, Sasbo to lodge urgent appeal after bank sector strike ruling
Workers in the banking sector were angry at looming job losses brought by increasing reliance on technology.
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Ramaphosa: If ANC alliance remains dysfunctional, we can't transform economy
Ramaphosa was addressing the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in Nasrec.
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Cosatu to continue mobilising workers to join banking sector shutdown
The Labour Court on Wednesday heard arguments from the union federation, union Sasbo and Busa, which had applied for an interdict to stop the strike.
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Banking sector shutdown: Labour Court to rule on Busa’s interdict on Thursday
Business Unity South Africa wanted the court to declare the looming banking sector strike as unprotected.
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Plan to force pension funds to invest in SOEs is theft, says DA
Lawmakers debated the issue in the National Assembly on Tuesday. While most opposition parties slammed the idea, both the ANC and the EFF backed it.
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ANC defends Mboweni amid criticism over economic blueprint
The African National Congress (ANC)'s top six leadership has come out in defence of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni amid criticism that he released the economic strategy document without proper consultation.
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Mathunjwa: Cosatu trying to regain relevance with Marikana rally
Cosatu announced Thursday that it would visit the North West informal settlement with President Cyril Ramaphosa in October.
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Cosatu: ANC must formulate policy on using money during leadership campaigns
The federation is one of the recipients of hundreds of thousands from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s accounts which were used to channel funds during his campaign to lead the ANC in 2017.
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Cosatu calls for withdrawal of Mboweni’s economic strategy document
Cosatu has described the document as an attempt to exploit the fiscal crisis by pushing a rightwing agenda.
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Cosatu planning Marikana rally, Ramaphosa expected to join
This would be the first time that President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cosatu visit the area since the Marikana massacre in 2012.
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Mixed reaction to signing of Aarto Bill
Cosatu said that the signing of the Aarto Bill by President Cyril Ramaphosa would reduce the carnage on the country's roads.
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Cosatu: Leadership vacuum forces people to rely on courts for relief
Cosatu first deputy president Mike Shingange said the contestations within the tripartite alliance harmed more than just the political formations.
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Cosatu reiterates call for moratorium on job cuts
The labour federation said employers had become too reliant on cutting jobs when faced with operational challenges, instead of considering other solutions.
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Cosatu: Law must be changed to make it harder to retrench
As the country continues to reel from the 29% unemployment rate and mass job losses in key industries, Cosatu says it has called on government to review section 189 of the Labour Relations Act.
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Organised labour: Govt's run out of ideas to revive economy
The country’s organised labour said that the government appeared to have run out of ideas on how to revive the economy.
