/ 8 February 1999

COSATU OBJECTS TO LATEST WATER SALE

THE Congress of South African Trade Unions on Monday expressed its shock at Local Government and Constitutional Affairs Minister Valli Moosa’s approval last week for the privatisation of water delivery on the KwaZulu- Natal Dolphin Coast. Spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga said in a statement Cosatu is considering seeking legal advice on the deal. “Cosatu views the government’s endorsement of the contract while negotiations were still under way as an act of bad faith. It is particularly worrying that executives of SAUR International [the French company that won the 30-year contract] and its subsidiary Bouygues, are being investigated in France for alleged corruption in water dealings,” Ratshitanga said.