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Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

Zingiswa losi

SA's energy crisis crippling the economy - Cosatu's Losi

By Ronald Masinda

Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi said that power cuts would see many more people lose their jobs but she still did not think that the beleaguered state-owned...

  • Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi addresses the SACP's 15th national congress in Boksburg on 14 July 2022. Picture: @SACP1921/Twitter

    Cosatu's Losi challenges SACP to develop solution to crises facing SA

    The Cosatu president painted a dire state of affairs for South Africa as it faces a record high unemployment rate, rising living costs, collapsing state institutions and crippled local municipalities.

    33 days ago
  • Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Cosatu's Zingiswa Losi: Arrest all politicians implicated in corruption

    This after she accused police, the National Prosecuting Authority and the judiciary of treating politicians with “kid gloves".

    34 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Zingiswa Losi’s future hangs in the balance ahead of Cosatu congress

    Losi recently quit the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) to become a member of the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu).

    62 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Cosatu: EFF’s plan to establish trade union will worsen state of labour movement

    The red berets announced earlier this month that its planned union would rival Cosatu and never sell out workers.

    82 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at Cosatu's May Day rally at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in the North West on 1 May 2022. Picture: @_cosatu/Twitter

    THETO MAHLAKOANA: Ramaphosa jeers exposed depth of cracks within Cosatu facade

    Theto Mahlakoana takes an in-depth dive into the events that led to ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa being booed at a Cosatu May Day rally.

    105 days ago
  • Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Cosatu president slams ANC’s inability to discipline Lindiwe Sisulu over op-ed

    Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi told the ANC lekgotla that failure to discipline ANC deployments was feeding a culture of mediocrity within the alliance.

    206 days ago
  • Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Losi calls on Cosatu to recruit young people for its long-term survival

    With union membership declining among the working class overall, Zingiswa Losi has challenged Cosatu unions to explore new strategies to attract young workers.

    330 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Cosatu president Losi speaks against divisions during collective bargaining

    During her opening address of the federation’s central committee meeting on Monday, its highest decision-making body in between congresses, ZIngiswa Losi warned that workers cannot afford to have a Cosatu that is divided.

    331 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on 11 January 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    Ramaphosa raises concern about conspiracy theories around COVID-19 vaccines

    While the country is in the process of procuring inoculations for its citizens as it fights the pandemic anti-vaccine sentiments being are expressed by a number of people including those in higher offices such as political leaders.

    582 days ago
  • Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi leads the march to Treasury in Pretoria for the national strike on 7 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Cosatu’s Zingiswa Losi calls on finance minister to resign

    Cosatu has had a fractious relationship with the minister since his appointment after his department adopted an austerity budget, which seeks to slash the public service wage bill R160 billion in the next three years.

    678 days ago
  • SACP deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila and Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi lead striking workers in Pretoria on 7 October 2020. Picture: Theto Mahlakoana/EWN

    Govt has shown that it doesn’t care about workers, says Cosatu

    The union's leader Zingiswa Losi applauded workers belonging to different federations in the country for Wednesday’s historic show of strength by uniting as they protested nationally.

    679 days ago
  • Pallbearers carry the coffin of South African anti-apartheid figure Andrew Mlangeni during the funeral service in Soweto, South Africa, on 29 July 2020. Picture: AFP

    ZINGISWA LOSI: A tribute to Isithwalandwe Baba Andrew Mlangeni

    Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi sends her tribute to stalwart and icon Andrew Mlangeni who passed away last Wednesday.

    748 days ago
  • FILE: Congress of South African Trade Unions president Zingiswa Losi during the media briefing at Cosatu House in Johannesburg on 29 November 2018 .Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Cosatu’s Losi urges GEPF board to scrutinise PIC investments

    Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi said workers must be vigilant in how the fund manager, which invests funds on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), spends the money.

    1147 days ago
  • Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi at Cosatu's May Day rally at Sugar Ray Xulu stadium in Clermont, Durban. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Zingiswa Losi calls for action against mining firms who violate safety standards

    Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi says more must be done to protect the lives of miners to avoid incidents such as the scare at Sibanye Stillwater on 30 April.

    1204 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Cosatu’s Losi: 'Eskom must account for poor maintenance at power stations'

    Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi said the federation will be seeking answers from the executive at Eskom, particularly about how it suddenly cannot justify load shedding.

    1280 days ago
  • FILE: Congress of South African Trade Unions president Zingiswa Losi during the media briefing at Cosatu House in Johannesburg on 29 November 2018 .Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Ramaphosa sabotaged by Eskom’s executive, says Cosatu’s Losi

    The Cosatu leader addressed thousands of members outside the Durban City Hall after they marched through the CBD on Wednesday.

    1280 days ago
  • Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi at the NUM march outside the Union Buildings on 17 November 2018. Picture: Bonga Dlulane/EWN

    Cosatu calls on all employees to join Wednesday's national strike

    The federation aims to bring productivity both in the public and private sector to a standstill.

    1281 days ago
  • Cosatu’s leadership on Tuesday 5 February 2019 reported back on its latest central executive committee meeting. Picture: @_cosatu/Twitter

    Cosatu: Govt & private sector cannot retrench workers

    The union federation’s leadership on Tuesday reported back on its latest central executive committee meeting.

    1288 days ago
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