The Congress of South African Trade Unions wishes all nurses a wonderful International Nurse’s Day on this day, the 12th of May 2021 under the theme, “Nurses challenges amidst COVID-19”. The Federation salutes these courageous and compassionate workers who are the backbone of our health system. In the midst of a deadly COVID-19 pandemic, nurses […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) strongly condemns the ongoing attacks by Israel’s military forces on the people of Palestine which have resulted in at least 20 Palestinians dead and several others injured. At least 90 Palestinians were wounded on Saturday 8th May 2021, during an Israeli police crackdown on protesters outside the […]

The Congress of South African trade Unions (COSATU) Eastern Cape congratulates NEHAWU Eastern Cape for hosting a successful 13th Provincial Congress during 04-06 May 2021               Deliberations and resolutions of this congress were geared towards breathing life into the theme ‘Strengthen Workplace Organization, Deepen Class Consciousness and Advance Internationalism’. The NEHAWU13th Provincial Congress resolutions reflect the […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU will present its submission on the 2021/22 Budget and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework: Division of Revenue Bill to the National Council of Provinces Select Committee: Appropriations from 09:00 am, Wednesday 12 May 2021.  The fundamental crises facing workers, the economy and state are a stagnant economy and unemployment […]

 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is deeply concerned with recent developments at the National Lottery Board.  There are repeated allegations of corruption and poor governance at the National Lottery Board (NLB) that have been raised in the media for many years.   These allegations include money allocated to but never received by various […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has identified workplace occupational health and safety as one of the campaigns to be prioritized for this year, 2021. This is necessitated by widespread non-compliance to occupational health and safety by some employers both in the private and public sectors. Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions in Gauteng has noted the announcement by the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula that a resolution to the Gauteng e-toll saga will be revealed in the next two weeks. The Minister revealed this while addressing the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) yesterday on 6th of May 2021. Whilst […]

COSATU welcomes progress on Covid-19 vaccine Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) waiver.  The Federation welcomes the announcement by the United States’ government that they support a TRIPS waiver on the manufacture of Covid 19 Vaccines. Pharmaceutical companies have made huge profits in the manufacture of vaccines. With millions having died and more at risk, […]

The Congress of South African trade Unions (COSATU) Free Statecongratulates NEHAWU Free State for hosting a successful 14th Provincial Congress for three days 04-06 May 2021 under the theme ‘Strengthen Workplace Organization, Deepen Class Consciousness and Advance Internationalism’. The 14th Provincial Congress adopted a range of policy decisions which are intended to take NEHAWU to […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions fully support the members of our affiliated union the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) who are planning to embark on a protected strike action at Rand Water, beginning on the 13th of May 2021.  We denounce Rand Water’s failure to withdraw a circular sent to workers telling […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions in Limpopo congratulate and welcome the new NEHAWU Provincial Office Bearer elected at its 15th Provincial Congress held on the 29th – 30th April 2021 at The Ranch – Protea Hotel. The federation attended and witnessed the robust 15th NEHAWU Provincial Congress which we are confident will usher […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions in Mpumalanga will be leading protest march to the Nelspruit High Court whose objective will be to oppose the court judgement which seeks to delay the reopening of the mine. The federation has planned to oppose delay and press for immediate reopening of the mine due to the following Humanitarian and […]

COSATU President Zingiswa Losi – Workers’ Day Speech 01 May 2021 My fellow South Africans, President Cyril Ramaphosa, General Secretary of the SACP, cde. Blade Nzimande, Leadership of COSATU and our unions, And most importantly the workers of our beloved land, Before we begin, allow me first to acknowledge and mourn the loss of our […]

COSATU Free State has watched with keen interest the political developments in our Province, especially in as far as our Alliance Partner, the ANC is concerned. We have noted the SCA judgement in relation to the status of the ANC Provincial Executive Committee which was elected in 2018. We have also noted that there has […]

As COSATU Free State we are shocked but not surprised by the developments in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (MMM). We have been informed that there are about 120 new employees, who have been appointed without following recruitment processes in the Municipality. That action seems to have triggered events which led to the trashing and damaging of […]

 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes President Ramaphosa’s signing of the Auditing Profession Amendment Act into law.  The Auditing Profession Amendment Bill will be a critical tool in the fight against the state and corporate capture and corruption.  The Federation supports the speedy implementation of this progressive Amendment Act by the government. […]