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Demonstrators march during a national strike day of action over the high cost of living, organised by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), in Tshwane, South Africa, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Joblessness, rising food and fuel prices and an aggressive interest-rate hiking cycle pose a threat to social stability in an economy still reeling from several Covid-19 lockdowns and deadly riots in 2021. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
CONGRESS OF SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE UNIONS

Gungubele asks Cosatu, Saftu to ‘relook’ at their demands raised in shutdown march

The labour federations want a basic income grant of R1 500 and for a drop in the price of food, fuel, electricity and interest rates to

  • Sonri Naidoo
  • Sphiwe Mavhungu
3 min read
Demonstrators plan to hand a memorandum to President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg)
SOUTH AFRICAN FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS SAFTU

National shutdown: Protestors chant pleas to Ramaphosa as they march to Union Buildings

Demonstrators plan to hand a memorandum to President Cyril Ramaphosa

  • Sonri Naidoo
  • Sphiwe Mavhungu
3 min read