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/ 19 February 2010
The Zuma government has not delivered on promises to trade unions and Cosatu should have refrained from supporting “individuals” in Polokwane.
Alliance partners are pushing for participation in deployment decisions for local and provincial
government, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
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/ 26 September 2009
Federation president admits to a declining membership that threatens to weaken its finances.
The Social Development Department and unions have agreed to implement the occupation specific dispensation, backdated to April 1 2008.
Cosatu has asked ANC president Jacob Zuma to add two more of its leaders to his Cabinet to strengthen the left’s influence in government.
Cosatu has vowed to press for higher pay increases during this year’s round of wage negotiations, despite the country’s difficult economic conditions.
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/ 27 February 2009
The Congress of South African Trade Unions wants ANC president Jacob Zuma’s new administration to axe Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
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/ 9 February 2009
Key Cosatu and SACP leaders have surprisingly declined ANC nominations for seats in the National Assembly after this year’s general election.
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/ 27 November 2008
Cosatu warned on Thursday of the potential for violence amid attempts by the Congress of the People breakaway party to form a new union federation.
The event in question was the launch of the Post-Polokwane Conversations, a series of "round table discussions" beginning in Durban.
Thousands of Cosatu members marched through South Africa’s cities on Wednesday in protest against the rising cost of living.
Trade unions challenge the ANC leadership to adopt policy changes promised at Polokwane
South Africa is a nation of activists, but the Congress of South African Trade Unions seems to be barking up the wrong tree.
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African National Congress president Jacob Zuma addressed thousands of workers at a May Day celebration in the North West on Thursday, saying that rural development was key to fighting poverty. He said access to land for subsistence farming was critical as people should be able to produce food to combat the impact of increased food prices.