Independent News reports that a week before the country’s working class celebrates its international labour day, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said that as it was KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN’s) turn to host the main event, major opportunities existed for it to recruit more members in the province.
Spokesperson Sizwe Pamla indicated that their main celebration would be held at Durban’s Sugar Ray Xulu stadium in Clermont on 1 May and their tripartite alliance partners would, according to long established tradition, also send their leaders. The African National Congress (ANC) would be represented by President Cyril Ramaphosa, while the SA Communist Party (SACP) would send its general secretary, Dr Blade Nzimande. Cosatu will send its president, Zingiswa Losi. Pamla said this was “not going to be a normal May Day rally” as the ANC would get a chance to put its elections message to the thousands of workers expected to attend. Despite allowing the ANC to do that, he said they would not allow workers’ issues to be overshadowed, even though they were intertwined. Similar and simultaneous big celebrations will be held by Cosatu’s structures in the rest of the eight other provinces, while major industrial provincial towns would also host their events on the same day.
- Read the full original of Sihle Mavuso’s report in the above regard at Independent News
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