The whole country was on the COSATU strike on wednesday for labours brokers and the e-tolling in Gauteng freeways
The Congress of the South African Trade Unions (cosatu) strike which took place on wednesday across the country was fully supported by its members. There were 32 marches across the country. Downtown Johannesburg was all red, Thousands of unionised workers gathered from down. they were marching to the Labour Department, the premier office and the chamber of mine to submit their memorandum of complaints. They demanded a totally burn of the labours borokers and e-tolls in Gauteng freeways. A number of youth protested against that issues because this is the serious issue which needs all South Africans to stand up and raise their voices.
Government on its turn blamed the Cosatu strike in terms of the econony. Experts in economics says the country is currently experiencing a great loss in the economy as businesses were not operating normaly on wednesday because of the strike. The ANCYL expelled president, Julias Malema also appeard in the strike. "this march can never be anti ANC and anti government, it's a march which demand that our government should concentrate on implementing the resolution of Polokwane", says Malema. In Durban the South African Communist Party (SACP) leadership led the march which was attended of about 30000 people. "Labour brokers have no place in a democracy,they don't work, other people do the work and they just take the money that's tantamount to selling human beings",says the SACP general secretary, Blade Nzimande.
In Limpopo members of cosatu also gathered outside the SABC. They later march to the premier office Cansell Mathale. They were also calling for the Premier to step down with his officers, saying they do not know how to lead their province as this resulted to the took over of some departments by the national government. Cosatu says, further actions to be taken should the government fails to address and responds to their demands within 14 days.
I think the e-tolling system is not okay. And people are struggling to get money in order to support their families, and paying the e-toll money will make things more complicated than they already are today.
ReplyDeletelabour brokers are not good, because other people works hard and labour brokers just sit down and do nothing, but at the end they expect some income from people who worked hard. It should stop, because it is unfair.
ReplyDeleteI think most of those workers were marching for a proper reason because this thing of labour brokers creating uneployment on our country and most of workers have been retrenched because of labur brokers.Cosatu must work hard in order to end labour brokers
ReplyDeleteEra i strongly agree with you to the issue of labour brokers because those people they don't even know how to do a work,but at the end of the day they expect you to work hard for them.
ReplyDeletemarvelous,the labour brokers helps you to get a job, but what is the problem with them, they just pay you a little amount out of what you should actually get and they take rest
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