National shutdown

FILE: Cosatu members marching in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday, 7 October 2021. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News. Cosatu · SA Economy · Saftu ...

"Where I think the weakness of this particular tactic lies is in the lack of impact that it has because right now, the unions are at their weakest. The unions said the nationwide strike planned for Wednesday would include stay-aways and rallies, which are expected to take place across the country. The unions said the nationwide strike planned for Wednesday will include stay-aways and rallies, which are expected to take place across the country.

The SA Federation of Trade Unions will on Monday brief the media on its plans for a national shutdown.

The shutdown is expected to take place on Wednesday. Saftu and its members want the government to address the rising cost of living, fuel costs and load-shedding. The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will on Monday brief the media on its plans for a national shutdown this week.

The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) alongside other workers' unions will be embarking on a national march on Wednesday, ...

The strike is protected and people will be protesting across the country. The Government needs to implement a basic income grant for people who are not employed in this country,” added Sebei. Sebei says, “There’s going to be a national shutdown and what it means is that the majority of the workers are going to be working on that day.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has shared details about the times and assembly posts for the strike. Taking to Twitter, COSATU shared a ...

“Starting Point will be at Burgers Park (Lilian Ngoyi Str /Vander Walt). Everyone is expected to meet at 9:00 on 24 August 2022. National Shutdown: Which roads, sites, and regions will be affected in Gauteng Photos: Stock/Canva

Thousands of workers affiliated with Saftu and Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), as well as other unions will down tools and strike against what ...

The strike is protected and people will be protesting across the country. Sebei says, “There’s going to be a national shutdown and what it means is that the majority of the workers are going to be working on that day. Saftu’s general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi explains, “Our national shutdown is organised to show our working class that the only way is to fight back.

The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will on Monday brief the media on its plans for a national shutdown this week. The shutdown is expected to take place on Wednesday. Saftu and its members want the government to address the rising cost of living ...

The shutdown is expected to take place on Wednesday. Saftu and its members want the government to address the rising cost of living, fuel costs and load-shedding. The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will on Monday brief the media on its plans for a national shutdown this week.

Bheki Ntshalintshali, the general secretary of COSATU, has encouraged workers in all sectors of the South African economy to participate in this week's.

“Starting Point will be at Burgers Park (Lilian Ngoyi Str /Vander Walt). On August 24, 2022, everyone is supposed to gather at 9:00. [the](https://atomicdigest.com) general secretary of COSATU, has encouraged workers in all sectors of the South African economy to participate in this week’s Cosatu national strike on [Wednesday](https://tdpelmedia.com/category/breaking-news), [August](https://tdpelmedia.com) 24.

Workers are expected to start downing tools on Tuesday ahead of the planned national shutdown marches on Wednesday. The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) ...

The marches will happen just a day before Statistics SA releases the Quarterly Labour Force Survey. The strike has also been endorsed by political parties such as the EFF and Azanian People’s Organisation. “The decision to call a general strike comes as a result of the worsening socioeconomic conditions of the working class and the marginalised poor communities,” Vavi said.

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has confirmed that it will participate in a national shutdown on Wednesday to raise awareness of the ...

The cost of living is rising. "Our national shutdown is organised to show the working class the way of fighting back, and politically unite them in action. Vavi said the prices of necessities such as food, petrol and electricity had gone sky high.

Special Note: Happy 36th Anniversary to COSATU. Formed December 1985. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in Limpopo declares its readiness ...

South African Federation of Trade Unions secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi said the national shutdown on Wednesday would have a great impact if workers ...

We will go to Eskom to demand to reduce tariffs and an end to load shedding. Vavi said Saftu and its affiliates managed to arrange marches in every province except for the North West and KwaZulu Natal. He said the national shutdown should be considered as the beginning of an extended programme of demonstrations. "As a result of wage cuts and below inflation increases, the catastrophic levels of unemployment, it's even more difficult for households to cope. We are emphasising the need for workers to stay at home," said Vavi. "We are not emphasising the numbers of people.

Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Monday said the decision to hold a national shutdown comes as a result of worsening socioeconomic conditions for ...

We will be marching throughout the day, in fact, we are sleeping at the Union Buildings,” he said. If the strike turns violent, as in the case of Eskom recently — if you find public servants blocking entrances and whatever — that will be causing havoc, but the potential of this thing going wrong is definitely there in my opinion,” he said. And the government is accelerating the offensive on public corporations in the form of commercialisation, outsourcing and privatisation,” Vavi said. “This is now coming as an additional constraint in the economy. It is going to affect all provinces, and it will paralyse the schools and even the hospitals. Corruption and the neoliberal policies of the ANC have compromised the provision of public services. I am worried about the generic, very generic position — they don’t specify,” he said. “I don’t think anyone doubts that [the shutdown] will disrupt the economy. He said this will help disadvantaged families and alleviate their burdens. - Polokwane, Limpopo: marchers will assemble at SABC Park at 8am and start marching to the office of the premier from 10am. “The cost of living is rising. That is the purpose of it, to disrupt the economy, but the question always comes: what is the benefit that is going to be derived for the working class and the poor people?” he asked.

The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has called on the government to set aside at least R1-trillion — or one-fifth of GDP — to address the ...

Johannesburg – The South African Federation of Trade Unions' (Saftu) national shutdown is set to go ahead on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 in six provinces ...

∎ Gauteng: The march is taking place in Pretoria. ∎ Mpumalanga: The march is taking place in Witbank. ∎ Limpopo: The march is taking place in Polokwane.

Bruce Whitfield speaks to Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary at SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu).

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As trade unions plan to shut down the country on Wednesday, Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi says the strike will be about enforcing the economic rights of ...

The National Clothing Retail Federation of SA (NCRFSA) also said it expected the day to be business as usual for its members. Saftu and Cosatu are also encouraging workers not to report for work on Wednesday as part of the protest. Vavi said the national march dubbed National Day of Action is a start of the total emancipation of the working class from poverty, inequality and oppression. The marches will happen just a day before Stats SA releases the Quarterly Labour Force Survey. It will always us who will go out into the street to call the ANC government to be accountable to people of South Africa,” she said. This capitalist system has been propped up by government policies for over a quarter of a century," said Pamla.

The shutdown is a planned downing of tools by the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu), the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) and the General Industries ...

It's a structural crisis when it feels like an individual crisis. “But it's a system, this crisis. The consequences of this crisis are gender-based violence, xenophobia and crime — the working class is paying with their blood, it's a crisis of the system.

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) plans to lead thousands of workers and activists in a nationwide strike on Wednesday against high ...

- The march will take place in the Western Cape in Cape Town. - In the Easten Cape the march will take place in Bhisho. - In Gauteng the march is expected to take place in Pretoria with members assembling at Burgers Park in Pretoria at 6am. Comrades will assemble at Broadway in Witbank at 9am and start marching to Eskom Park from 10am. “Some of the unemployed are blaming immigrant workers for the lack of employment, and even for crime. Vavi said Numsa had signalled that it could not afford to take part in Wednesday’s strike as it was recovering from the expenditure of its congress in July.

Trade union federations Cosatu and Saftu have called on all non-essential workers to strike for the day on Wednesday, 24 August. We break it down here.

Ultimately, it is this infighting within labour and the South African left that may prove the greatest challenge in terms of mobilising workers to demand change. Vavi suggests that the increasingly bad living conditions for ordinary South Africans are being felt in a “social crisis” manifesting in rising rates of crime and violence. After the day’s action, the unions will be meeting to “assess the government response”. “On the ground, there will be common action. While Saftu and Cosatu are providing some transport, this will not be an adequate substitute in terms of bringing workers into cities to march. Wednesday’s action could best be described as a very tentative and temporary alliance between the two warring federations. Protest action is planned for most of the provinces, with thousands expected to join marches calling for government intervention in the cost of living crisis. The rise in interest rates from the South African Reserve Bank has made servicing debts on cars and homes increasingly unaffordable: Vavi says that South Africans defaulted on R55-billion worth of debt between January and March alone. Others will be gathering at Burgers Park from 6am on Wednesday morning to begin marching to the Union Buildings at 10am. The two largest South African trade union federations, Cosatu and Saftu, are calling on all non-essential workers to stay away from work on Wednesday. But as previously mentioned, you cannot strike — according to the Labour Relations Act — if you are an essential worker. Trade union federations Cosatu and Saftu have called on all non-essential workers to strike for the day on Wednesday, 24 August.

Trade union federation Cosatu, a key labour ally of the African National Congress (ANC) is planning to bring the country to a standstill. It says members are ...

“TAC joins Trade Union Federations, other progressive forces & the country at large in a national shutdown protest. [A shutdown just a platform for Vavi and his minority trade union to gain some relevance – expert](https://www.citizen.co.za/news/3177978/saftu-shutdown-is-reckless-says-economist-august-2022/) We must mobilise and fight for it.” [READ MOREA shutdown just a platform for Vavi and his minority trade union to gain some relevance - expert](https://www.citizen.co.za/news/3177978/saftu-shutdown-is-reckless-says-economist-august-2022/) The free, prosperous, just and sustainable world we want to live in will not be handed to us. [Cosatu](https://twitter.com/_cosatu/media), a key labour ally of the African National Congress (ANC) is planning to bring the country to a standstill.

A national shutdown has been earmarked for Wednesday across South Africa and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said it will be marching to ...

It said the planned shutdown will do ‘little to get rail working effectively and efficiently’ in the province. “We will be requesting Prasa to give us a response on a memorandum which was submitted in 2020. “Despite numerous requests to participate in the national shutdown, Santaco will not participate in the planned national shutdown,” the taxi council said. Despite numerous requests to participate in the National shutdown, SANTACO will NOT participate in the planned National shutdown.— SANTACO (@SA_Taxis) The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) said it will not be participating in the national shutdown. Cape Town - A national shutdown has been earmarked for Wednesday across South Africa and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said it will be marching to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) demanding a sustainable rail service to workers.

The South African National Taxi Council is not participating in the action by trade union federations Cosatu and Saftu.

[South African National Taxi Council](https://ewn.co.za/topic/santaco) is not participating in the action by trade union federations [COSATU](https://ewn.co.za/topic/cosatu) and [SAFTU](https://ewn.co.za/topic/saftu). CAPE TOWN - Taxi services should not be affected by a planned national shutdown on Wednesday. The South African National Taxi Council is not participating in the action by trade union federations Cosatu and Saftu.