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NUMSA Response To The Lockdown And The Implications For The Working Class And The Poor
26th March 2020 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) notes the ANC Government’s decisive and swift move in taking measures to deal with the... →
Be prepared
By: Terence Creamer 20th March 2020 There was much excitement at the start of 2018 about the prospect of a growth tailwind, following Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as African National... →
NUMSA Clarifies Demands of Workers At Rheinmettal Denel Munition
19th March 2020 Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) in Ekurhuleni are on strike at Rheinmettal Denel Munitions plant in Boksburg.... →
SAFTU told you so! No economy will ever grow under the thumb of neoliberalism and austerity programmes
4th March 2020 SAFTU is not surprised at all by the news from the StatsSA that the South African economy shrank by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019. This... →
COSATU response to the 2020/21 Budget Speech
26th February 2020 COSATU notes with extreme disappointment the underwhelming and provocative 2020/21 Budget tabled by Minister Mboweni in Parliament today. COSATU... →
COSATU Budget Speech expectations
24th February 2020 The Congress of South African Trade Unions hold great expectations from the upcoming budget speech by Minister Tito Mboweni. The nation and workers... →
Time for Concrete Action: Growing distrust in government among South Africans
13th February 2020 The 2020 South African State of the Nation address (SONA) by President Cyril Ramaphosa finds him in a difficult time as South Africa is... →
South Africa’s high unemployment rate is a result of bad leadership and corruption
13th February 2020 South Africa is experiencing persistent weak economic growth and is largely attributed to declining mining and manufacturing productivity and... →
