Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Free State wishes to extend its congratulations to our alliance partner the African National Congress for attaining the majority vote in Free State province.
The Federation acknowledges that this election was not an easy one for the alliance. Special thanks to the Free State voters for returning the ANC to power in the province.
We believe that the ANC, through the unfolding renewal project will meet the expectations of communities and workers in this tenure of the 7th Parliament and 7th Free State Provincial Legislature. We will continue to do our work of holding our alliance partner accountable. We will also continue to engage and confront issues in order to regain lost ground in terms of voter confidence.
We welcome the newly elected Premier, Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, and look forward to engagements as the alliance on the composition of the new executive in the province. The focus should be on service delivery, and while the federation will continue to support good initiatives, we will be equally vocal when things go awry.
We hope and trust that the 7th Free State Provincial Government will prioritize our province and deliver services in line with the ANC Manifesto as mandated by the Free State voters.
Issued by COSATU Free State
Provincial Secretary Monyatso Mahlatsi
Tel: 051 447 5499 or 076 115 9923, Monyatso@cosatu.org.za