BusinessLive reports that Cosatu is expected this week to consider its position on the proposed national minimum wage (NMW) and on the state of the governing alliance.
The labour federation will be holding a briefing after its central executive committee meeting on Thursday, when it is expected to announce its formal position on the proposed NMW. Nedlac social partners, with the exception of Cosatu, earlier this month signed off on an agreement that will see the introduction of a NMW of R3,500, or R20 per hour, to take effect in May 2018. Cosatu, which said it would be putting the issue to its members, has dismissed suggestions that its decision not to sign the agreement — which was taken on the eve of President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address — was rooted in factional battles.
- Part of a report by Karl Gernetzky on the political week ahead at BusinessLive
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