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Congress of South African Trade Unions, Cosatu, office bearers, President Cyril Ramphosa, Deputy President David Mabuza, salary increase, 3% raise, premiers, MEC, executive, judges, chapter nine institutions, traditional healers, Matthew Parks
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‘Huge wage gap’ – Cosatu unimpressed by government salary increases

Congress of South African Trade Unions, Cosatu, KwaZulu-Natal, KZN, protest, high cost of living, fuel price hike, Curries Fountain Stadium, Durban, Cosatu provincial secretary Edwin Mkhize
KwaZulu-Natal

Cosatu: Why is the trade union federation protesting in KZN on Friday?

SANTACO, NTA, COSATU, taxi associations, taxi operators, commuters, cost of fuel in SA, fuel price hike, petrol price hike
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Fuel price hike: Calls for COSATU to join national shutdown

Congress of South African Trade Unions, Cosatu, office bearers, President Cyril Ramphosa, Deputy President David Mabuza, salary increase, 3% raise, premiers, MEC, executive, judges, chapter nine institutions, traditional healers, Matthew Parks
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‘Huge wage gap’ – Cosatu unimpressed by government salary increases

Congress of South African Trade Unions, Cosatu, KwaZulu-Natal, KZN, protest, high cost of living, fuel price hike, Curries Fountain Stadium, Durban, Cosatu provincial secretary Edwin Mkhize
KwaZulu-Natal

Cosatu: Why is the trade union federation protesting in KZN on Friday?

SANTACO, NTA, COSATU, taxi associations, taxi operators, commuters, cost of fuel in SA, fuel price hike, petrol price hike
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Fuel price hike: Calls for COSATU to join national shutdown

Fuel price hike, fuel price increase, petrol price, fuel levy reduction, Government, Cosatu, Congress of South African Trade Unions
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Cosatu calls on Government to EXTEND fuel levy reduction

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty26-05-2022 18:31

Cosatu has called on Government to find a sustainable solution to the fuel increase and in the meantime, extend the levy reduction.

Cyril Ramaphosa Workers Day rally
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‘It reflects a weakling of trust’: Ramaphosa on Workers Day rally incident

By Nokwanda Ncwane03-05-2022 08:49

President Cyril Ramaphosa says what happened at the Workers Day rally in Rustenburg proved that the working class is suffering.

ANC to be blame on Ramaphosa Cosatu saga news in a minute video
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WATCH: ANC to blame for Ramaphosa being heckled [Video]

By Ramadhani Kusaga02-05-2022 12:10

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eskom cosatu national strike
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COSATU: ANC to blame for Ramaphosa being heckled

By Thabo Baloyi02-05-2022 10:06

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to leave COSATU’s Worker’s Day rally after angry workers stormed the stage

SACP, South African Communist Party, Cosatu, salaries not paid, wages not paid, unimpressed
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SACP allegedly owe staff six months’ salaries – Cosatu unimpressed

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty05-04-2022 11:19

The SACP has allegedly not paid its staffs’ wages for nearly six months and Cosatu is demanding that something be done.

unemployment rate
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Cosatu slams government as unemployment rate nears a crippling 50%

By Marilynn Manuel31-03-2022 15:09

‘In no time people in the working-age population will be officially unemployed,’ said Cosatu while criticizing the government.

Zingiswa Losi
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Alliance in trouble?! Cosatu leader rips into ANC during meeting

By Weekend News Producer23-01-2022 11:03

Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi has absolutely torn into the ANC here! She is warning of a loss for the party in 2024.

national minimum wage
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National minimum wage increase: COSATU welcomes plan for 2022

By Weekend News Producer18-12-2021 11:48

The country’s biggest trade union group seem pretty happy with the proposed increase for the national minimum wage. Are you?

Cosatu strike
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Cosatu strike: Thousands of workers countrywide expected to march today

By Gcina Ntsaluba07-10-2021 08:32

Thousands of Cosatu members and other union members are expected to march on Thursday at 28 venues across all nine provinces in South Africa.

Cosatu will lead strike on Thursday
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Cosatu to lead one-day strike on Thursday to reverse budget cuts

By Gcina Ntsaluba06-10-2021 08:33

Sizwe Pamla, the national spokesperson for the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), says there will be a strike on Thursday 7 October.

SRD grant R350
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SASSA R350 Grant: Cosatu wants grant made permanent, upped to R624

By Storm Simpson17-09-2021 20:28

Cosatu’s Matthew Parks said the SRD grant ‘is a critical poverty alleviation intervention’, which should be made permanent, to parliament on Friday.

Good news for domestic workers
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Good news for domestic workers in South Africa by the coming year

By Corné van Zyl15-09-2021 08:00

What is the good news? The bill would extend support to over a million largely women workers who had been unconstitutionally excluded.

NUMSA
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NUMSA member gunned down outside CCMA offices in Rustenburg

By Corné van Zyl21-08-2021 15:15

A NUMSA member was gunned down outside CCMA offices in Rustenburg in full view of the public while two others were shot and injured.

Covid-19 vaccine AU
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‘Employers cannot bully workers into getting the vaccine’ – COSATU

By Tom Head28-07-2021 09:26

COSATU has drawn a very clear line in the sand with its opposition to potential ‘no jab, no job’ policies. So, can workers really refuse the vaccine?

Nehawu spokesperson Khaya Xaba
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Nehawu spokesperson Khaya Xaba dies from COVID-19

By Thabo Baloyi14-06-2021 08:52

Journalists have been flooding the Twitter timeline with moving tributes to Nehawu spokesperson Khaya Xaba

Eskom “greatest hindrance” to
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Eskom “greatest hindrance” to SA economic growth – Cosatu

By Lyse Comins29-04-2021 15:43

Eskom’s tariff hikes are suffocating the economy, which needs a reliable and affordable supply of electricity, if it is to grow.

Cosatu on upcoming elections:
Municipal Elections 2021

Cosatu on upcoming elections: ‘We are not abandoning the ANC yet’

By Thabo Baloyi09-04-2021 08:14

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has threatened to part ways with the ANC on several occasions but is yet to actually do so

Covid-19 Vaccine: Cosatu chime
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Covid-19 Vaccine: Cosatu chimes into chorus of criticism against Cyril’s government

By Riyaz Patel03-01-2021 16:24

The trade union federation said the government has been grossly incompetent in managing the country’s vaccine procurement process.

SABC
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‘Alliance not in support of any attempts to retrench SABC workers’ – ANC

By Andrea Chothia20-11-2020 17:32

The SABC Board, announced on Friday morning, that it would suspend the S189 process for a period of seven days.

FITA Cigarette ban price hike
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Calls for cigarette tax increase ‘mind-boggling’, say Fita

By Dan Meyer28-10-2020 19:23

Cosatu have called for a 100% hike in excise tax on cigarettes and tobacco products, a suggestion that has been slated by Fita.

Cosatu strike
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Saftu, Cosatu to embark on national day of action

By Thabo Baloyi07-10-2020 07:40

Cosatu and Saftu, which make up three million workers are calling on government to meet a series of demands

Cosatu National strike
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Cosatu national strike: Workers urged to show their support on Wednesday

By Andrea Chothia06-10-2020 11:23

Cosatu will be holding a national socio-economic strike on Wednesday 7 October. Here’s what you need to know.

Ramaphosa under pressure to ma
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Ramaphosa under pressure to make public SIU report on Covid corruption

By Riyaz Patel20-09-2020 04:22

The DA says people within an outside government enriched themselves and the elite around them, and If the President is serious about tackling corruption, he must know that transparency, accountability and full disclosure is the best antidote.

Mboweni
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‘What is this nonsense?’ – Mboweni reacts to Nzimande’s treasury rant

By Thabo Baloyi14-09-2020 08:26

The SACP held a virtual briefing on Sunday, touching on a number of issues including corruption and the state of the economy

cosatu eskom
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‘Time to fight back’: Cosatu to embark on strike against corruption

By Thabo Baloyi27-08-2020 13:11

The trade union federation added that while it has acknowledged President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to push back against corruption, it can only judge the results and not solely his intentions

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