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/ 14 October 2008
The relatively high economic growth between 2003 and 2007 is not sustainable and has been harmful for the future health of the economy.
President Kgalema Motlanthe will not be easily influenced by the ANC’s leftist allies to make policy changes.
Zwelinzima Vavi’s statements of Cosatu’s views on post-Thabo Mbeki economic policy, recently published in the M&G, are of great importance.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions lashed out at outgoing Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa on Wednesday.
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/ 26 September 2008
The Congress of South African Trade Unions called on new President Kgalema Motlanthe on Friday to eradicate poverty and create jobs.
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/ 23 September 2008
The resignations of President Thabo Mbeki and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel have shocked many, but some have welcomed the news.
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/ 17 September 2008
The NPA decision to appeal against the Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling on Jacob Zuma is ill-considered, the ANC said on Wednesday.
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/ 16 September 2008
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has issued a stinging attack on the role of the media in the tribulations of ANC president Jacob Zuma.
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/ 15 September 2008
Legislation aimed at stabilising medical schemes has run into heavy flak, reports Belinda Beresford.
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/ 14 September 2008
Gwede Mantashe insists Cosatu and SACP members will share 20% of places on the ANC election lists.
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/ 12 September 2008
The lobbying in favour of the ”political deal” is intense; it is happening on all fronts.
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/ 12 September 2008
The African National Congress does not necessarily share the economic views of its leftist allies, party treasurer Mathews Phosa said on Thursday.
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/ 12 September 2008
The lives of many South Africans remain filled with despair nearly 15 years after the fall of apartheid, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said.
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/ 11 September 2008
Was the Scorpions’ decision to prosecute ANC president Jacob Zuma legal? On Friday, the whole nation will be waiting for the answer.
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/ 10 September 2008
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has called on President Thabo Mbeki to reinstate Jacob Zuma as the deputy president of the country.
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/ 10 September 2008
What do Jacob Zuma, lion feeder Mark Scott-Crossley and Linda Mti have in common?
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/ 9 September 2008
Former Cosatu president Willie Madisha and former SACP treasurer Phillip Dexter both lost their positions after supporting Charles Modise’s claim.
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/ 8 September 2008
Numsa chief accuses the federation of playing politics when it should remain above the fray, reports Rapule Tabane.
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/ 7 September 2008
SACP, Cosatu to reach agreement with ANC to co-determine government policy.
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/ 5 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki presided over a rather grey administration.The groupthink he encouraged has been disastrous for our country.
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/ 4 September 2008
Cosatu considered recent protests and a national stayaway over rising food, fuel and electricity prices as major victories, it said on Thursday.
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/ 4 September 2008
Cosatu is considering becoming a friend of the court should ANC president Jacob Zuma apply for a stay of prosecution later this year.
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/ 1 September 2008
A top official from Cosatu has warned that the ANC will not hesitate to ”kill” the Scorpions if they continued to pursue ANC president Jacob Zuma.
The event in question was the launch of the Post-Polokwane Conversations, a series of "round table discussions" beginning in Durban.
Cosatu said admissions made at a conference on the mining industry’s response to the power crisis have "totally vindicated" its mass-action campaign.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday high levels of indebtedness were a strain on the economy.
Mark Scott-Crossley, one of the men who threw a worker’s body to lions in Hoedspruit in 2004, was released on parole on Thursday.
It is a ”media myth” that the Cosatu does not respect the independence of the judiciary, its general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, said on Wednesday.
It is unacceptable that schools are being turned into killing fields instead being portals of knowledge and information, Cosatu said on Tuesday.
Zuma supporters sweep out leaders of Mbeki-aligned chemical union, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
Cosatu and organisations from Zimbabwe and Swaziland led a march in Johannesburg on Saturday against Robert Mugabe and King Mswati III.
If SA’s slide into recession is to be reversed, interest rates must not just remain unchanged but come down, says Cosatu.