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/ 4 December 2010
The alliance between the ANC, Cosatu, SACP and SANCO remains the biggest force for national liberation, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said.
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/ 3 December 2010
The ANC faces an uphill battle in next year’s municipal elections.
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/ 19 November 2010
Telecommunications conglomerate ZTE Corporation has dismissed claims that it is using illegal Chinese immigrants to deliver a R2,9-billion contract.
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/ 8 November 2010
Cosatu voices their anger over Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza’s decision not to consult them on the provincial executive reshuffle.
Poor pupils already benefit from quality education at former whites-only schools.
With such little time left I have serious reservations that we will finish the syllabus. Even if we try to, it would be a rushed process’
Government has increased its wage raise offer to public sector workers in a bid to end crippling strikes across the country.
Cosatu has announced that it will not support the idea of a statutory media appeals tribunal.
Hospersa’s 72 000 members will join the public service sector national strike on Thursday after the union failed to reach a wage agreement.
Cosatu has vowed to push ahead with its public service strike next week, despite the government revising its pay offer to 7%.
Unions have rejected the latest offer from government, increasing the possibility of a public service strike next week which could shut down schools.
Last-ditch talks to avoid a strike that could see many schools stop teaching next week were postponed from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
The public service and administration department said on Monday it would be meeting unions again this week in a bid to avert a potential strike.
Cosatu seems to lack the gumption; people’s movements are too localised; and popular anger is rising. So to whom can we turn for change?
In this extract from his book <i>A Paradox of Victory</i>, <b>Sakhela Buhlungu</b> describes how the trade union federation has changed.
The government must make public all the conditions attached to the World Bank’s loan of $3,75-billion to Eskom, Cosatu said.
ANC claims that service delivery protests are being coordinated came under fire this week and, as Gauteng erupted in further protests.
Journalists ask how youth league can access private information, writes Mmanaledi Mataboge.
A Chinese factory has halted production of Soccer World Cup mascot toys after an investigation into alleged sweatshop conditions.
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/ 26 February 2010
Cosatu has proposed to Parliament that a wealth tax should be imposed on the rich in order to improve the flow of revenue to the government.
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/ 12 February 2010
President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address lacked "recognition" of the unemployment crisis, Cosatu said on Thursday.
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/ 18 December 2009
Booed last week, Billy Masetlha now feels vindicated by President Jacob Zuma’s handling of affairs.
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/ 7 December 2009
Cosatu is backing a bid by apartheid victims who are suing US multinationals for the role they played in support of the regime.
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/ 27 November 2009
Cosatu has acknowledged that there is a parting of ways within the broad alliance that brought President Jacob Zuma to power.
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/ 27 November 2009
Some militant communists are gradually adopting a more pragmatic outlook.
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/ 3 November 2009
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Tuesday said the market-driven polices of the past were to blame for poor delivery.
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/ 30 October 2009
The recent service delivery protests are in part a response to the levels of inequality in society, Cosatu said on Friday.
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/ 13 October 2009
Cosatu said on Tuesday it is extremely angry at what it called Eskom’s ”outrageous and insensitive” request for a 45% a year electricity tariff hike.
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/ 12 October 2009
The unity of the ruling alliance was ”paramount and fundamental”, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday said it would not participate in KwaZulu-Natal’s first public hearing on labour brokering.
Alliance partners are pushing for participation in deployment decisions for local and provincial
government, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
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/ 21 September 2009
South Africa must do more to close the gap between rich and poor, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday at a congress of union allies.