Congress of South African Trade Unions (Johannesburg)
Website: http://www.cosatu.org.za/
June 19
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South Africa: The 100 Years (centenary) of the Most Oppressive Piece of Legislation (native Land Act)
The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) calls on all South Africans to observe a moment (100 seconds) of silence in commemoration of the 100 years (anniversary) of Native Land Act... Read more »
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South Africa: Sactwu Settles Footwear Wage Dispute
The Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) has settled its wage dispute with footwear sector employers. The Union declared the dispute in late May 2013. Read more »
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South Africa: Cosatu Statement On Centenary of Natives Land Act of 1913
Most centenaries, like that of the African National Congress last year, are cause for much celebration and pride. Today however, we mark a centenary which gives us absolutely no... Read more »
June 18
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South Africa: Bersig High School Practises Racism
The Congress of South African trade Unions in the North West province has learned with disappointment that there is racism at Bersig High School in Rustenburg. Read more »
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South Africa: Numsa Calls for the Immediate Suspension of Sizwe Medical Fund's Curator
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), call for the immediate suspension of the curator of Sizwe Medical Fund. Read more »
June 17
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South Africa: Today's Generation of Young People Must Discover Their Mission and Fulfill It [press release]
NEHAWU salutes the gallant heroes and heroines of the 1976 Student Uprisings during this year's "Youth Month" for the role they played in exposing and displacing the apartheid... Read more »
June 14
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South Africa: Launch of Numsa and Fawu Campaign for Agrarian Transformation and Land Redistribution in South Africa (SA)
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) held a bilateral meeting on 26 May 2013 in Johannesburg. Among numerous... Read more »
June 13
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South Africa: Cosatu Condemns Kapsch Profits
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is appalled that Austrian e-tolling company, Kapsch TrafficCom, expects to rake in annual revenue of 50 million Euros (R664 million)... Read more »
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South Africa: Sactwu Launches R25m Youth Development Programme
The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) has set aside R25m for a youth employment development programme, as our contribution towards... Read more »
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South Africa: Cosatu's Comments On the Presidential Review Committee's Report On State Owned Entities
On the 28th May 2013, the Minister in the Presidency, Comrade Collin Chabane, released a long-awaited report of the Presidential Review Committee (PRC) on State Owned Entities... Read more »
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South Africa: Cosatu Western Cape Youth Day Press Conference
The COSATU focus on the Youth Employment Accord will practically be given expression through the promotion of cooperatives, as a central feature of the small-scale fishing policy.... Read more »
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South Africa: DA Party On Land Centenary Adds Insult to Injury of the Dispossessed
Cosatu understands why the DA does not mourn the centenary of the Land Act, as it is the main DA funders who stole the land at that point 100 years ago. The DA seeks to add insult... Read more »
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South Africa: Nurses and Doctors Hold Hands With Community in a March to Mankweng Hospital
Nurses, under the banner of Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) and doctors from South African Medical Association (SAMA) held hands with community members in... Read more »
June 12
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South Africa: Press Statement On the Hospitalization of Tata Madiba
The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) hereby joins the millions of freedom-loving South Africans and billions of peace-loving world citizens in wishing Tata uMadiba (Nelson... Read more »
June 11
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South Africa: Cosatu's Response to FMF and DA On Labour Brokers
The Congress of South African Trade Unions totally rejects the argument, advanced by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) and their political allies, the Democratic Alliance (DA), that... Read more »
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South Africa: Cwusa Calls for Urgent Intervention On Samro Matters and the Ill Informed Decision to Commission a Sector Study By Dti
It is disheartening to see so many things going astray in the sector when we ought to be talking unity on urgent matters of commonality. Read more »
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South Africa: Nehawu in the Free State Rejects Replacement of Outsourcing With Cooperatives to Provide Public Services
NEHAWU is deeply concerned by the reports that the Free State provincial government is planning to introduce cooperatives to replace the contracted private companies that provide... Read more »
June 10
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South Africa: Cosatu NW Follows Up On the Case of the Former Mec of Education
The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the North West province is disturbed by the report that some of the co-accused in the case of fraud and corruption by the former MEC... Read more »
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South Africa: Cosatu Supports the Uprising and Struggles of the Turkish Workers and People
COSATU expresses its full and unwavering support to the fighting workers of Turkey and their organisations for their decisive struggles against the oppressive regime of Recep... Read more »
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South Africa: Best Wishes Madiba!
The Congress of South African Trade Unions sends its best wishes to our beloved national leader, Comrade Nelson Mandela, who was admitted to hospital this morning, 8 June 2013. Read more »
June 7
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South Africa: Meeting of the Cosatu Cec Political Commission
As mandated by its Central Executive Committee meeting on 27-28 May 2013, the Congress of South African Trade Unions held a meeting of its CEC Political Commission, extended to... Read more »
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South Africa: Cwusa Calls for the Withdrawal of Music Rights By the Recording Industry of South Africa Against Yfm
CWUSA is appalled by YFM boss Kanthan Pillay's stinky attitude. The level of arrogance displayed by his posts on the social media in his attacks towards Black Coffee, leaves much... Read more »
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Africa: Num Rejects Coal of Africa Proposals
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has noted Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL)‘s intention to place Mooiplaats Colliery on care and maintenance as well as its intention to... Read more »
June 6
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South Africa: Cosatu Northern Cape Press Statement On the Cabinet Reshuffling
The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Northern Cape is satisfied at the manner in which the Premier, Comrade Sylvia Lucas, has handled the cabinet reshuffling. The... Read more »
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South Africa: Numsa Condemns Killings of Mineworkers
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing human slaughtering and barbaric killings of mineworkers belonging to our... Read more »
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