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A protester at Cosatu’s national stayaway in Cape Town on Wednesday.Image: Esa Alexander/Sunday Times
COSATU

Union marches get under way

Lilian Ngoyi Street is awash in red as union members march from Burgers Park to the National Treasury in Pretoria. A sizeable protest is also under way in Cape Town as marchers prepare to hand over a memorandum at the Western Cape…

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Public and private sector services in at least four Eastern Cape cities will come to a standstill on Wednesday as hundreds of workers are expected to join the national strike organised by Cosatu.Image: FILE
COSATU

Cosatu targets four Eastern Cape cities for national strike

Public and private sector services in at least four Eastern Cape cities will come to a standstill on Wednesday as hundreds of workers are expected to join the national strike organised by Cosatu. Speaking on behalf of the union on…

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Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali. Picture FREDDY MAVUNDA
PORTALFRED

Cosatu supports planned national wage strike by Nehawu amid Covid-19 fears

Key ANC ally the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it intends to openly defy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ban on mass gatherings of more than 100 people, saying it will support a planned national strike by its public sector…

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