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Cosatu: We continually assess our support of the ANC
Eyewitness News reporter Theto Mahlakoana sat down with Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali ahead of the labour union’s national strike. Here they discuss elections and the vote for the African National Congress. #Cosatu #RSAelections
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Cosatu: The president has left us with no other option but to strike
Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali said while Wednesday’s planned action would not affect the economy as deeply as it ordinarily would due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members had no other option but to withdraw their labour.
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Why Cosatu is protesting during COVID-19
Eyewitness News reporter Theto Mahlakoana sat down with Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali ahead of the labour union’s national strike. Here they discuss why Cosatu decided on the protest. #Cosatu #NationalMarch
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Cosatu in KZN urges Zandile Gumede to appear before ANC integrity commission
It is understood Gumede wanted to consult her lawyers before she appears before the provincial integrity commission, preferably with her legal team.
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Public sector unions launch campaign to challenge govt over wage disputes
The unions representing more than 1.2 million public servants have been in a drawn-out deadlock over government’s failure to stick to a 2018 agreement to increase workers’ salaries this year.
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Cosatu not shocked by 'depressing' unemployment figures
National spokesperson Sizwe Pamla said that this was what happened when there was a government that was hellbent on implementing a framework of policies that did not place employment creation as a priority.
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SA’s unemployment figures not shocking given state of economy, says Cosatu
Stats SA on Tuesday said the country’s unemployment rate declined to 23.3% between April and June from 30.1% in the quarter before.
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Cosatu: If we don't stand up, SA will sink under weight of corruption
Cosatu's planned protest action over corruption will take place in every province on 7 October and are likely to affect the public service more than any other industry.
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Cosatu: We are fighting against socio-economic injustice
Among the list of demands which Cosatu will make to government during a strike next week is that the families of politicians should be barred from doing business with the state.
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Cosatu draws a line in the sand in its stand against government
At the core of its fight with the government is the failure to deal with corruption and the public service wage increase dispute.
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CoCT slammed for not reducing water tariffs after dam levels improve
The city said that tariffs were currently on level 1 and were based on the projected consumption trends so that the income received covered the cost of providing water services.
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Cosatu gives CoCT 7 days to review position on water tariffs
They were increased at the height of Cape Town's water crisis several years ago but with dam levels having vastly improved, the municipality hasn't indicated if tariffs will be cut any time soon.
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Nehawu threatens to intensify strike if govt doesn’t respond to its demands
Nehawu led a series of protests on Thursday. It wants changes to be made in the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE), among other issues.
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Cosatu to ANC: You are in power because of our mobilisation
The South African Communist Party and (Cosatu)’s leadership have been speaking at National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union’s day of action in Pretoria.
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Cosatu wants Thulas Nxesi to be held accountable for UIF debacle
On Wednesday, the minister suspended the UIF’s commissioner, CFO, COO, and head of supply chain at the entity responsible for social security.
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Cosatu backs Nehawu’s national day of action, urges union to be fearless
Cosatu expressed its support for Nehawu’s demonstration on Thursday over safer working conditions for front line workers.
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SACP, Cosatu say they warned ANC about corruption involving COVID-19 funds
Cosatu’s general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali said that when the COVID-19 relief funds were allocated, they warned the ANC of the potential of corruption.
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ANC NEC 3-day meeting billed as showdown between factions
The ANC goes into the NEC from on Friday afternoon with pressure from its alliance partners, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and South African Communist Party having lambasted it for talking soft on corruption.
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Cosatu to embark on general strike against corruption in the country
This follows calls in several civil society movements for South Africans to rise against the unabated corruption in the public and private sectors which have undermined economic growth.
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Workers losing patience with ANC, govt inaction on corruption, warns Cosatu
In a second attack on the president in just weeks, the federation said that he used poetry to campaign to be president and was now subjecting South Africans to prose, saying that he was not willing to take corrupt ANC leaders and public officials to task.
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End corruption before using workers' pensions for investment, Cosatu tells govt
Cosatu has once again dashed the government's hopes of leaning on workers’ retirement funds to invest in, among others, infrastructural development in the country.
