CosatuMarch2012

Cosatu throws down the gauntlet to government

BusinessNickolaus Bauer | 2012-03-07 18:33:00

Cosatu launched the largest planned civil protest since the dawn of democracy on Wednesday, voicing South African workers' discontent over labour...

E-tolls: We'll barricade the highways, vows Vavi

BusinessStaff Reporter, Sapa-AFP | 2012-03-07 14:38:00

Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi warned the government on Wednesday that the labour federation would not permit e-tolling to go ahead, as...

No love for Malema at Cosatu's Polokwane protest

BusinessStaff Reporter, Sapa-AFP | 2012-03-07 12:54:00

While the Johannesburg leg of Cosatu's national strike saw the union federation's A-listers and the ANC Youth League's top brass cosying...

Juju: 'Today, Comrade Vavi is my leader!'

BusinessStaff Reporter | 2012-03-07 12:43:00

Insisting the march against labour brokerages and e-tolling was not an anti-ruling party demonstration, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema...

Vavi, Malema share spotlight as Cosatu march kicks off

BusinessNickolaus Bauer, Phillip De Wet, Matuma Letsoalo | 2012-03-07 11:28:00

Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and ANC Youth League president Julius Malema have joined the union federation's march in Jo'burg...

ANCYL thumbs nose at ANC by joining Cosatu march

NationalStaff Reporter | 2012-03-07 08:56:00

In what is likely to raise tensions between the ANC and its youth wing, the ANC Youth League threw its weight behind labour federation Congress of...

Will pupils join truant teachers in Cosatu's march?

NationalBongani Nkosi | 2012-03-06 17:53:00

School pupils in various parts of the country will be without their teachers on Wednesday, but the Mail & Guardian has been told that does...

Routing for the cause: Cosatu's march mapped out

BusinessPhillip De Wet | 2012-03-06 15:10:00

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is hoping for a record turnout across the country for its strike demanding a ban on labour broking and the...

Cosatu: Even labour brokers welcome to march

BusinessPhillip De Wet | 2012-03-05 20:56:00

Labour brokers are a force more evil than apartheid or slavery -- but they are still welcome at Wednesday's protest action, Cosatu in Gauteng...

Wednesday's Cosatu march: DA to sit this one out

NationalStaff Reporter | 2012-03-05 10:45:00

The Democratic Alliance turned down an invitation to join a Cosatu-led protest against labour broking and e-tolling in Cape Town's CBD, the...

We're not marching to Mangaung, says Cosatu

BusinessPhillip De Wet | 2012-03-05 07:20:00

It is not yet clear whether the Congress of the South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) protest on Wednesday will focus more on labour broking or the...

It's Vavi's turn: Unions move into vacuum left by Juju

NationalNic Dawes | 2012-03-02 00:00:00

Cosatu moved into sleek new headquarters on Tuesday, and Julius Malema was ejected from the ANC's revolutionary house on Wednesday. You could not...

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