The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in Gauteng welcomes the engagement between the Gauteng Provincial Treasury and municipal finance leadership through the Finance Political Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Forum. The strengthening of coordination, accountability and sound financial management across the province is urgently needed. Municipal finances must be managed responsibly because every rand of […]
COSATU Limpopo Supports AFADWU’s Strike at Jumbo Foods
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in Limpopo stands in solidarity with its affiliate, the Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers Union (AFADWU) which has embarked on industrial action at Jumbo Foods in Polokwane, starting 1 September. This follows protracted negotiations during which the employer remained intransigent to accede to the demands of […]
COSATU Supports the Global Week of Action for democracy in Swaziland (GWOAS) March in Pretoria on Friday
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) supports the march organised jointly with the Swaziland Democracy Campaign (SDC) and GWOAS Organising Committee, endorsed by many progressive organisations in the country and globally. The march is taking place in Pretoria on the 4 September, starting at 9am at Mandela Park, next to the Union buildings. […]
COSATU is encouraged by the recent positive fall in some serious crimes
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is encouraged by the recent positive fall in some serious crimes in the latest quarterly crime statistics released for April to June 2026 showing a 5.9% decline in murders, 16.4% decline in trio crimes including 18.2% decline in carjackings, 17.6% in house robberies and 21% in truck […]
COSATU urges swift action to protect jobs in the sugar industry
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) urges swift action by government, industry, labour and consumers to protect local jobs and value chains in the sugar industry. The Federation welcomes the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) and the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC)’s gazetting tariff relief for the sugar sector through raising […]
UNIONS TO PICKET PREMIER AGM ON 9 SEPTEMBER AS COMPANY PLAYS CHICKEN WITH COMPETITION TRIBUNAL ORDER
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), its affiliates and other unions will picket outside Premier Group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Midrand on 9 September. The 400 workers, 200 farmers, thousands of farmworkers and five rural communities whose livelihoods will be devastated if Premier closes its Tulbagh canning factory cannot be inside that […]
COSATU Mourns the Passing of Comrade Joseph Muzi Nkosi
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is deeply saddened by the passing of Comrade Joseph Muzi Nkosi, a veteran of the labour and democratic struggles and former 1st Deputy President of COSATU and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Born and raised in Madadeni Township outside Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, Comrade Nkosi became politically active […]