Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Tuesday said he did not regret boycotting the trade union federation’s central executive committee (CEC) meeting this week, despite rumours he could face suspension again. “Frankly, I don’t care what happens,” he told reporters in Pretoria on the sidelines of a court case involving[…]
The directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems are trying to renege on their responsibility to pay workers at the Pamodzi gold mines, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said at the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi was speaking to reporters after the proceedings of an[…]
Eight affiliates of the Congress of SA Trade Unions have pledged not to participate in the federation’s meetings until the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is reinstated. The national office bearers (NOBs) of the eight affiliates said this in a joint statement on Sunday. “The group of eight[…]
VOC News joined Mayoral member for Transport Councillor Brett Herron and a few journalists on a bus ride along the MyCiti Mitchell’s Plain-Claremont bus route on Friday morning. The proposed bus routes form part of Phase 2 of the MyCiti service to the metro-south east. This proposed route was developed[…]
Cosatu on Tuesday called for the 2015/16 budget to implement radical economic transformation. “The second phase of transformations should be about radical economic transformation,” Congress of SA Trade Unions spokesman Patrick Craven said. “This calls for the implementation of the economic demands of the Freedom Charter which puts people at[…]
The South African Transport and Allied Union (Satawu) will be staging a demonstration in the next 24 hours if their request for mediation with bus operating company Transpeninsula is not addressed by the City of Cape Town. Satawu Western Cape provincial secretary Thembela Dakufe said the City remains averse to[…]
It is too early to celebrate the drop in South Africa’s unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2014, Cosatu said on Tuesday. The Congress of SA Trade Unions said it was pleased to hear South Africa’s unemployment rate declined to 24.3 percent, from 25.4 percent in the third quarter[…]
An increased level of distrust towards trade unions is leading to dwindling support from everyday South Africans, with a survey from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) suggesting that fewer than one in five people are likely to join a union. Frequent strikes and political infighting have in recent years[…]
With the cut in the petrol price for the second time this year, many consumers are hoping for a drop in transport costs and food prices, but have been left disappointed. According to trade union Solidarity, while there is a connection between the fuel price and food prices, it does[…]
The “multi-pronged offensive” to divide the Congress of SA Trade Unions is counter-revolutionary,” the SACP said on Tuesday. “This is why as the SACP we strongly condemn all activities aimed at dividing and weakening Cosatu and our alliance,” SA Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said at a 20th anniversary[…]
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