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Unions, officials under attack - Numsa
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 days ago
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Attacks on Cosatu unions and its officials should be taken seriously, Numsa president Cedric Gcina said on Friday. "These are not small matters," Gcina said at the National Union of Metalworkers of SA's (Numsa) 26th anniversary celebrations in
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Vavi: Big business stunting growth
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 4 days ago
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Big business is the greatest obstacle to the growth of small business in South Africa, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday. "We live in the most unequal country in the world... Our economy still suffers from concentration of the
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Africa: African News Round-Up
Cape Town :: South Africa | 7 days ago
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There are two bad news stories on the front page of this morning's South African financial paper, BusinessDay. First off, we learn that, almost five years since the wave of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals around the country left more than 50
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Vavi: Unemployment a ticking bomb
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 9 days ago
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Unemployment in South Africa is a ticking bomb, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told the Sunday Times. "The bomb will continue to tick until at some point it begins exploding in a co-ordinated way," said Vavi. Statistics SA reported this
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Vavi: Capitalism the real enemy
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 11 days ago
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The capitalist system is the real enemy in South Africa, Congress of SA Trade Unions general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Friday. Problems such as xenophobia, corruption, gender-based violence, and substance abuse are rooted in economic misery,
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Vavi: Massive problems in SA economy
Cape Town :: South Africa | 17 days ago
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We still face massive problems in our economy," the Cosatu leader said in a speech prepared for delivery on Friday. "In the longer term, the only way we can create sustainable jobs, eradicate poverty and build a more prosperous and equal society is
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ANC, Numsa set to debate NDP
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 23 days ago
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The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the ANC will meet this week to thrash out their differences over the National Development Plan (NDP), City Press reported on Sunday. Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim, who has very vocally opposed
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Numsa cartoon takes aim at Zille, Manuel
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 26 days ago
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Numsa has distributed booklets containing cartoons depicting DA leader Helen Zille and Planning Minister Trevor Manuel agreeing about pro-business aspects of the National Development Plan (NDP), The Star reported on Thursday. In the cartoon, Manuel
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Zuma's final battle for control of the ANC
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 28 days ago
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C The power struggle between President Zuma and trade union leader Zwelinzima Vavi is a prelude to a battle for wider control of the political landscape. Today, Julius Malema appears in court. Today the once-feared former ANC youth leader cuts a
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Numsa: Don't call Thatcher a prostitute
Pretoria :: South Africa | 1 month ago
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Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was ridiculed on Thursday at the National Union of Metalworkers of SA's [Numsa] bargaining conference in Pretoria. Numsa's second deputy president Christine Olivier told members to refrain from
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