PROPOSED NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: COSATU welcomes the proposed National Minimum Wage increases, including the equalisation of domestic workers. In short, the proposed increases to the NMW will be a positive victory for over six million workers and a massive increase for 892 000 domestic workers. READ STATEMENT
COSATU VICTORIES REPORT: Through grounding COSATU in the masses we have survived the storms and and all kinds of weather and came out more united and wiser with clarity of purpose. Our history is a history of class war, it is decorated with victories born from the brave struggles of the working class. We have fought the apartheid regime to death with the same vigour we are currently fighting the democratic government when they adopt policies aimed at leaving the working people high and dry. Read Entire Report Here
36th ANNIVERSARY OF COSATU: The federation was lauched in December 1985 after four years of unity talks between unions opposed to apartheid and committed to a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa. at the lauch we represented less than half a million workers organised in 33 unions. WATCH FORMATION OF COSATU VIDEO
INTERVIEW WITH MAKHULU LEDWABA: Makhulu Ledwaba was born on 26 April 1957 in Zebediela, Limpopo. He went to Bapedi Lower Primary School in Diepkloof, and Libowa Higher Primary and high school in Madibane High. Studied Labour Studies at Ruskin College Oxford and did Industrial Relation at Warwick University. In 1985 he was elected 2nd Deputy President of COSATU. Watch video when he talks about COSATU. VIDEO 1 and VIDEO 2