Cosatu has staged the largest planned civil protest since the dawn of democracy, giving a loud voice to discontent over labour "slavery" and e-tolls.
Zwelinzima Vavi says Wednesday’s march is the first warning shot in Cosatu’s war on e-tolling, "and we’ve got lots of bullets".
Zwelinzima Vavi and Julius Malema have joined the Cosatu march in Jo’burg against e-tolling and labour brokers, swept up by a swarm of supporters.
The ANC’s young lions are set to confront the government by joining Cosatu’s national strike against labour brokers and the e-tolling system.
Teachers are marching with Cosatu, but their pupils must be in class tomorrow. Except maybe in Cape Town, where children have been invited to join in.
The Democratic Alliance has turned down an invitation to join a Cosatu-led protest against labour broking and e-tolling in Cape Town’s CBD.
Cosatu’s strike will be the biggest in years, but it insists its war on tolling and brokers is not a power play ahead of the ANC elective conference.
A faction aligned to President Jacob Zuma in Cosatu enjoys the upper hand after the federation’s central executive committee meeting this week.
Malema’s exit from the ANC stage strengthens President Zuma’s position, but it’s Cosatu’s Vavi who holds the trump cards now, writes <b>Nic Dawes</b>.
Cosatu says it asked its affiliates to develop education programmes and campaigns to educate members on violence-free strikes and demonstrations.
Employers have been urged to make contingency plans ahead of Cosatu’s planned nationwide strike over labour brokers and new tolls in Gauteng.
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/ 24 February 2012
Some small businesses are likely to benefit from minor tax tweaks but there is no relief on the jobs front.
Pravin Gordhan is standing firm on curbing hikes in public sector wages, raising the hackles of Cosatu, which is girding itself for war on the issue.
Cosatu leader’s warning comes as a battle over union affiliation plays out at Implats’ s shaft six.
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>.