Government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi has hit back at Cosatu and the DA, saying those opposing the Gauteng tolls "must get used it".
Zwelinzima Vavi urged striking workers at Implats’ Rustenburg mine to return to work, but said Cosatu would help them fight for better wages.
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/ 21 February 2012
South Africa’s young people are worst affected by the country’s unemployment problem, leading some to think there will be a call for a revolution.
The state and ANC are rigorously debating proposals that could force a radical shake-up of the country’s $2.5-trillion non-energy mineral wealth.
Zwelinzima Vavi says the ANC needs to "fix its house" and rediscover its "revolutionary morality" to remain a beacon of hope to the people of SA.
Cosatu’s call for a labour broker ban has been cast in a new light by research showing a quarter of jobs created since 1994 were filled by brokerages.
Adding to recent feuds over a porn channel, more changes are on the cards for satellite network TopTV, as its parent company’s CEO looks set to walk.
Cosatu has been mediating between teachers and the Eastern Cape education department to end the go-slow at schools over poor working conditions.
But the trade union federation stops short of calling for a mandatory media tribunal.
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/ 19 January 2012
Cosatu is planning protests over what it says is government’s failure to implement job commitments with the importing of solar panel components.
President Jacob Zuma’s name will be at the centre of several major political events in 2012 as he fights for re-election as ANC president.
As President Zuma prepares to address the ANC’s centenary celebrations, the youth league and Cosatu are fuming over being denied the chance to speak.
After 100 years the ANC lives. But can it still lead, asks <strong>Pallo Jordan</strong>.
The Open Democracy Advice Centre has called for stricter action against senior government officials implicated in maladministration.
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/ 11 December 2011
People who think they only need three days’ leave between Christmas and New Year’s Day are in for a shock — they actually need to apply for four.
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/ 2 December 2011
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi says SA’s economic structure still remains trapped in colonialism because of overdependence on raw material exports.
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/ 2 December 2011
The Freedom Charter promises free exchange of ideas, and the Bill of Rights guarantees the free flow of information, says <b>Zwelinzima Vavi</b>.
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/ 25 November 2011
Trade union federation Cosatu has admitted for the first time that the ANC’s leadership race is sowing division in its ranks.
The secrecy Bill will not be amended to provide for a public interest defence when it passes through the National Council of Provinces, sources say.
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/ 23 November 2011
Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini says a leadership stampede has led to divisions within the federation that have distracted its unions from key goals.
Menzi Simelane, has been asked to intervene in the murder case of North West whistle-blower and municipal councillor Moss Phakoe.
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/ 11 November 2011
Cosatu and other petitioners have threatened strike action should Sanral’s planned open road tolling system for Gauteng not be scrapped.
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/ 4 November 2011
Differences about leadership preferences are threatening the unity of a coalition formed to oust Cassel Mathale, Limpopo’s premier.
The SACP’s Blade Nzimande has accused the country’s ruling tripartite alliance of using "blood money" to buy votes in its leadership elections.
South Africa is in trouble on many levels, and some leaders are too preoccupied with power games to care, says Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi.
With general secretary Zwelenzima Vavi favouring the ANCYL’s economic freedom march and president Sdumo Dlamini dead against it, whither Cosatu now?
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/ 17 October 2011
Cosatu and Saccawu have announced their intention to embark on "mass pickets" at the Walmart-Massmart appeal hearing in Cape Town this week.
The SACP’s Blade Nzimande has urged ANC Youth League members to boycott the Malema-endorsed Economic Freedom Youth Mass Action marches.
Perspectives on the desirability of Walmart’s entry into South Africa continue to differ wildly.
Cosatu is to picket outside the houses of Pick n Pay chairperson Raymond Ackerman and Western Cape premier Helen Zille over the Walmart-Massmart deal.
Cosatu will launch its own youth wing, called Cosatu Young Workers, at its congress next year — and insists it won’t resemble the ANC Youth League.