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Govt planning to implement 0% wage public sector increases in April
The state’s negotiators made the proposals at a council meeting on Tuesday where labour rejected the offer on the spot.
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DA ready to take fight to halt Eskom rescue plan all the way to ConCourt
Labour federation Cosatu started the debate when it proposed that the Government Employees Pension Fund, through the Public Investment Corporation, take over R250 billion of Eskom's debt obligations.
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ANC: Pension funds should also be used to invest in small businesses
The ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe told the Black Business Council summit on Thursday that the funding gap for emerging enterprises could be filled by pensions.
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DA looking at legal options to stop govt using pension funds to save Eskom
The government was already in talks with Cosatu about its offer to help cut Eskom's R450bn debt by R250bn using state workers' pension savings.
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SA’s shrinking economy needs urgent intervention, says Cosatu
The trade union federation was among a range of organisations and lobby groups making submissions at Parliament during public hearings on the budget.
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Ramaphosa: Private pension funds could also help revamp Eskom
Cosatu is already in talks with the government over its offer for state workers’ pension savings to be used to cut Eskom’s R450 billion debt by R250 billion, although a number of unions are opposed to this.
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Eskom doing all it can to get municipalities to pay up - De Ruyter
Last week, Eskom cut power to the Western Cape’s rail systems due to nonpayment.
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Cosatu: Workers can only benefit from a fuel price cap
Trade union federation Cosatu has cautiously welcomed the reduction of fuel prices coming on Wednesday but said that it was not enough to relieve workers of the high cost of travel and food.
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Cosatu: Govt can find other ways than cutting wage bill to save money
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni tabled a budget that aimed to cut the state wage bill by R160 billion over the next three years.
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Solidarity ready to challenge Nedlac plan to have PIC save Eskom
The union has described the plan as irrational and immoral, stating that Eskom was a too high risk to invest in.
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Cosatu welcomes fuel price drop, calls for govt to consider capping fuel levy
From midnight, motorists will pay 19 cents a litre less for petrol while diesel will decrease by 54 cents a litre.
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Ramaphosa accused of throwing public service workers under the bus
Although government stressed that the cuts in the public service were among many other measures to curb public spending, unions representing civil society workers felt targeted.
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Report on Eskom rescue plan to be finalised by end of March - Presidency
This follows a meeting between government, labour and business at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac)’s monthly meeting on the jobs summit agreement.
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Cosatu says it won’t be raising issue of wage bill at ANC meeting
The federation has reacted with anger to government’s attempts to unilaterally withdraw from a 2018 wage agreement and slash the public wage bill by R160 billion over the next three years.
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Ramaphosa to face Cosatu today over plans to slash public wage bill
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni last week proposed that the public sector wage bill be slashed by R160 billion over the next three years.
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Cosatu challenges Ramaphosa to take charge of his Cabinet
The labour federation, which was the first formation within the ANC and its broader movement to nominate Cyril Ramaphosa as president, berated its limited influence in government.
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Cosatu: Workers not scapegoats for SA's economic crisis
The organisation said it saw Finance Minister's Tito Mboweni's budget as a challenge to labour and has again rejected government's plans to claw back on the public wage bill.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Tito Mboweni’s brave wager
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is acutely aware of what needs to be done to repurpose the state, specifically National Treasury, for its democratic mandate, writes Judith February.
