ANA reports that the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Monday accused three cabinet ministers of taking aim at the labour federation in what it termed a “troubling pattern”.  

Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan each targeted Cosatu publicly, said general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali.  He accused Zwane of lying about Cosatu’s affiliate the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), and noted that he has since refused to meet with the union’s leaders.  He then accused Motshekga of joining opposition parties against the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) on the so-called jobs-for-cash scandal that has hit the basic education sector.  Regarding Gordhan, Ntshalintshali accused him of “reviewing and misrepresenting” the policies of the ANC.  He claimed the Treasury and the SA Reserve Bank were the “biggest obstacles” to government’s economic programme and both needed to be brought into line.

• Read this report in full at IOL News
• Read too, Cosatu takes aim at some Cabinet ministers with "troubling pattern of behaviour", at News24

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