The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday joined the South African Communist Party’s call for a one-off credit-bureau amnesty for all.
”Many people who committed serious crimes were granted amnesty in this country. Why can’t poor people enjoy the same privileges?” asked Cosatu’s provincial secretary, Zet Luzipho.
He called on those who were blacklisted by credit bureaux to join Cosatu at Curries Fountain in Durban on Saturday morning for a march to the Durban City Hall.
”Cosatu is fully behind this campaign, which will unleash a lot of investment because now people will be creditworthy again,” Luzipho said.
He said the day will also be dedicated to ”a son of the working class, the late Harry Gwala”.
Luzipho said the two organisations also agreed to work together on a programme for Cosatu’s 20th anniversary in December.
”Cosatu was formed on December 1 1985 at Curries Fountain and we will celebrate it on December 4 in Durban this year.”
On Tuesday, he said the two alliance partners will, within the next month, also formulate ways in which it could help the African National Congress in the forthcoming local government elections.
This will entail ”going from door to door and factory to factory” in support for the African National Congress. — Sapa