THE South African workers expect a solid political and economic programme to kickstart the economy, end poverty and accelerate economic transformation, COSATU said at the start of the second leg of the ANC’s 55th national conference in Mangaung, Free State, on Thursday.
“We expect the ANC NEC to come out with urgent solutions to address the scourge of poverty and degradation that exist side by side with lavish wealth. We hope that the ANC will reflect on its government’s growing inability to grow the economy, fix electricity loadshedding and reduce unemployment and poverty,” said COSATU national spokesperson Sizwe Pamla.
The trade union federation, which is in a tripartite alliance with the governing party, said it was also looking forward to the upcoming ANC 111th anniversary celebrations and the accompanying January 8 Statement on Sunday.
The trade union federation said the ANC is increasingly presiding over a nation that is politically
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