This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
BL Premium reports that among issues set to dominate the agenda when Cosatu holds its national congress this week are corruption, rolling blackouts, contentious labour migration and the upcoming national election in 2024.
The conference, due to be held at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from Monday to Thursday, will be addressed by SA Communist Party and ANC leaders, among others, and will culminate in the election of a new national leadership. Cosatu has been calling on the government to implement a raft of reforms aimed at denting the triple challenges of unemployment, inequality and poverty. The labour federation has warned the ANC that it risks losing political power in the national election in 2024 if it does not address socioeconomic challenges affecting the working class and the poor, and deal with corruption in its ranks.
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
- Read too, Cosatu, the working class lodestar, now a shadow of itself, at IOL
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page