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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.
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/ 16 September 2011
Despite their campaign against Mswati’s despotic rule, Cosatu affiliates have been found to be involved in business deals with the Swazi king.
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/ 15 September 2011
Busa and Cosatu have come an agreement on a joint programme that will aim to fight corruption, unemployment and spur growth in the economy.
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/ 12 September 2011
Fedusa says it is highly disappointed with government’s no show at the Nedlac meeting held to address problems caused by acid mine drainage.
Cosatu says Swaziland will never be able to repay the R2.4-billion loan from the Reserve Bank, and South Africa should call it a gift.
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/ 4 September 2011
The JSC’s interrogation of Mogoeng Mogoeng resumed with the commission wrangling over whether to accept a late submission from Cosatu.
The sands appear to be shifting as the labour federation extends an olive branch to government.
Cosatu says it supports the need to change the Constitution to bolster land redistribution, but does not support expropriation without compensation.
Reaction to the release of the government’s green paper on National Health Insurance has been marked by support and tempered with concerns.
Cosatu has said it is not in disarray after an advert in the <i>Sowetan</i> by Numsa dealt with federation leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s succession.
Six more unions will join the cleaning sector strike, the National Service and Allied Workers’ Union has said.
Nationalisation is the only thing that can bring SA out of a "corrupt" economy, Cosatu has said, as it negotiates with the ANCYL’s hard stance.
The cleaning sector is planning to go on strike on Monday after wage negotiations with employers failed, Cosatu has announced.
A senior Cosatu economist has warned business that nationalisation will take place in SA and the only outstanding issue is how it will be implemented.
Numsa has added its voice to criticism of SA’s granting of a R2.4-billion loan to Swaziland, slamming the ‘"tyranny" of "hyena" King Mswati’s regime.
Relations between Zwelinzima Vavi and Sdumo Dlamini have deteriorated so much that Cosatu set up a high-level committee to address the issues.
The economy will lose more working hours if planned strikes by hundreds of thousands of workers in the coal and diamond sector go ahead.
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The huge pay hikes of SA’s top 40 executives (an average increase of over 23%) are unacceptable while workers fight for reasonable wages, says Cosatu.