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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) commends Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, for his decisive ...
Bank has condemned the Home Affairs Department's staggering 6,500% increase in fees for real-time identity verification, ...
Trade union Cosatu on Wednesday lauded the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) for surpassing R3 trillion in assets under ...
Questions must be asked about the roles and responsibilities of the various oversight institutions that are meant to protect ...
While COSATU is the key proponent of these policies, the other major federations – NACTU and FEDUSA especially – tend to follow its lead. Labour’s approach is usually referred to as “strategic ...
COSATU previously led a national protest in October 2020 to criticise the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in which jobs were lost during lockdowns.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions, the country’s largest labor union grouping, called on all of its affiliates to stage a one-day strike to pressure the government into meeting state ...
South Africa’s largest labor federation wants Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to practise what he preaches and retire. That may not be because he’s too old, but rather that they just don’t ...
Trade unions in South Africa are at odds over the controversial B-BBEE policy, with Solidarity and the FMF arguing it harms the economy, while COSATU defends its necessity for transformation ...
COSATU rejects with disdain the CEO of BLSA’s shocking attack on workers’ constitutional and labour rights ...
COSATU remains part of a Tripartite government alliance which includes the ANC and the South African Communist Party, and is just as faithful a defender of big business interests as its allies.
Cosatu calls for reform of B-BBEE to ensure real empowerment for workers and disadvantaged communities, not just political elites and business insiders.