The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) denounces and condemns the murderous Mswati Regime in Swaziland for unleashing violence and brutally oppressing workers and students who are standing up for their rights and demanding justice for the two lawmakers arrested during protests earlier this year    Swaziland has become a police state that brutalises its […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the North-West province has noted that since the 2011 COSATU national campaign against e-tolls the provincial campaign against the most expensive toll gate in the country and little to nothing has changed. The last time we had a march to the Swartruggens tollgate we pointed out the […]

   The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the Department of Health’s announcement of additional measures to roll out the vaccines against Covid-19.    The recent inclusion of six million children between the ages of twelve (12) and seventeen (17) years from Wednesday, 20 October 2021, as well as the provision for booster (3rd) […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Northwest will be convening a Provincial Shop steward council which will be attended by shop stewards from all affiliates in the province.  This will be the first Shop steward council since the breakout of the pandemic in the country and the declaration of the national state […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is deeply saddened by the passing of the former General Secretary of the then Swaziland Federation of Labour, Comrade Vincent Ncongwane, on Thursday, the 7th of October 2021. Ncongwane played a major role in the formation of the Labour Coordinating Council, which was the coordinating body of the two national labour centres (Swaziland Federation of Labour and […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is finalising and intensifying its national mobilisation efforts in the build-up to the upcoming socio-economic national strike set to take place on Thursday, the 07th of October 2021- the Global Day for Decent Work.   The Federation is issuing a call to all workers and South Africans to join the strike on Thursday. […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) sends warm greetings and revolutionary salutations to the World Federations of Trade Unions on its 76th Anniversary.   This class-oriented home of the international working class was formed on the 3rd October 1945 in France, and ever since it has been a permanent feature in the struggle for the […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) notes President Ramaphosa’s updates in the fight against Covid-19.  Vaccine Roll Out Campaign  The Federation welcomes the efforts of government to ensure the procurement and distribution of vaccines.  This is a positive turnaround, and we salute the tireless efforts of our health workers who have ensured that […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) urges all workers and their families to support the national Vooma vaccine weekend Friday 1st – Saturday 2nd October 2021. This is a national campaign that will take place at vaccination sites in all municipalities across the country.  Currently, there are over 87 000 South Africans who have succumbed to […]

COSATU Free State mourns the passing of Ncamile Mjika and Pule Booysen, dedicated farmworkers whose sins were to obey and instruction from their employer. They were instructed to bring a veld fire under control and sustained extensive burns when the fire cornered them onto a farm fence. They attempted to get out of harm’s way […]

The President of the Republic, cde. Cyril Ramaphosa, The leadership of COSATU and its Affiliate Unions, Leadership of our sister Federations present here, Leadership of our Alliance Partners, the ANC and the SACP, Our invited guests from South Africa and internationally, Delegates of our Affiliates present today, Most importantly the ordinary members of COSATU and […]

 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) mourns the passing away of Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family and colleagues Cde Hlengiwe Mkhize was a reliable cadre of the movement with a long history in the service of the people of South Africa.  She was an activist and […]

 The Congress of South African Trade Unions in Mpumalanga pledges its full support to members its affiliated union SACTWU employed by SAKPRO MANUFACTURING in white River in Nelspruit who have embarked on strike action.  The dispute aroused as a result of the collapse of the process of negotiation between the employer and employers for wage […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) condemns the pathetic failure of the National Assembly (NA) to quorate and pass the long-delayed and progressive Employment Equity Amendment Bill. This is an indictment on all political parties and their leadership in the National Assembly. The ANC on its own can provide the necessary quorum for […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) notes President Ramaphosa’s decision to move the country to COVID-19 Alert Lockdown Level 2 and the various updates in the fight against Covid-19. The Federation calls upon all South Africans to continue to abide by the various health and safety measures, in particular wearing masks, sanitising, social distancing […]