A number South African trade unions are planning protests against the rising cost of living in the country and #Loadshedding. Nupsaw’s general Secretary Solly Malema unpacks this. Watch: bit.ly/3QDlf8N #Newzroom405 | Newzroom Afrika

The general secretary of one South African trade union said picketing will intensify after rejecting a pay offer from state-owned logistics firm Transnet. Leading figures in business and politics have warned that the strike could damage Africa's most advanced economy https://reut.rs/3yzSjI8 | Reuters

A nationwide strike has been called by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and its associated unions. They are protesting a number of issues, including crime, unemployment, bad governance, corruption, and rolling blackouts. They claim they are tired of the multiple challenges the country is currently facing. According to the federation, all workers would be protected if they joined the strike because a Section 77 strike certificate had been given by the National Economic Developm

Reneilwe Morema reports on COSATU (Congress Of South African Trade Unions) suddenly changing their tune, and betraying black South Africans. Once an organization/union that played a vital role in the Anti-Apartheid struggle, by protecting worker's rights, it used labor power to challenge apartheid state, and push for political and economical freedom. Today COSATU has betrayed the people it used to protect by suggesting that the government create a ''SPECIAL LAW'' that allows Starlink to operate

A march against corruption - thousands of workers from COSATU - South Africa's largest workers' federation - on the streets. A concern for President Zuma ? | BBC News Africa