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BusinessLive reports that labour federation Cosatu is planning to roll out a mass action campaign after its September national congress, a move that will fuel the simmering tension between it and President Cyril Ramaphosa.
This tension comes at the wrong time for Ramaphosa and the ANC as the union federation is still weighing up its options on whether to support the ANC in the 2019 national polls. A one-day Cosatu special central executive committee meeting on Monday decided that the federation would lead workers to the streets against job losses, unemployment and suspicions of planned public sector retrenchments. At a media briefing after the meeting on Tuesday, Cosatu said it was clear that the balance of forces politically and socially were in favour of white monopoly capital, which it blamed on failures by the ANC. In a strongly worded statement, the federation said workers would have no reason to continue supporting the ANC if it did not promote and protect their interests. The national congress will be held from 17 to 20 September in Midrand.
- Read this report by Theto Mahlakoana in full at BusinessLive
- Read too, Cosatu warns the ANC that it will pay the price in 2019 if it fails workers, at BusinessLive
- Read Cosatu’s press statement following its CEC meeting at Cosatu News
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