Reacting to the Auditor General’s (AG) report on local government last Tuesday, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said it painted a grim picture of incompetence, maladministration and waste of public money. “Cosatu demands that there must be...
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will today meet Cosatu representatives to discuss the e-tolling project. The trade union federation has called on the government to scrap the project. Yesterday, a government team met delegates of freight and...
Other provinces must contribute towards Gauteng e-tolls because the province pays more than its “fair share” to the economy and “four times more” than it receives from the national treasury. “Gauteng residents do not bemoan this and realise that...
The fight against toll roads was a hot topic on Workers’ Day on Tuesday as the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) promised to step up their campaign against the government’s plan to...
By Tony Stone Only once before in South Africa have the majority of people been so united against injustice. This time it is not against the evils of apartheid but against the hugely unpopular e-toll system. But, is the e-toll system corrupt and/or...
Cosatu is planning a massive strike against the e-tolls next Monday, April 30th. Watch the video below to hear all about it. Will you strike? Let us know in the comment box below. Source: SABC 3 News
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is mobilizing its two million members for the mother of all protests against the act of highway robbery set to be committed from 30 April 2012 – the Gauteng e-tolls! We are confident that we will be...
