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GroundUp reports that unions affiliated to the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) are calling members out on strike on 4 August in protest against the government’s “lacklustre” approach to rising crime rates in Cape Town.
Provincial secretary Malvern de Bruyn told a briefing on Wednesday that all spheres of government “don’t respect ordinary people”. He claimed that they “undermine the safety of the poor in the province”. De Bruyn said the union was demanding that the national (ANC) and provincial (DA) governments end gang violence, conduct regular police patrols in industrial areas, improve safety at railway stations and allow communities to evaluate their police stations. He advised that the union had applied for 3,000 people to participate in the protected strike. “We plan to bring the economy to a standstill so that the government can see how angry workers are.” The federation plans to deliver lists of demands to the City of Cape Town’s law enforcement department, the Western Cape premier and the national police minister.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marecia Damons at GroundUp
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