Cosatu gives government 14 days to respond to demands

By Lungile Ntimba

The Congress of SA Trade Unions has given the government two weeks to respond to a list of demands that it submitted during its national strike on Monday.

In an interview with Inside Politics, Cosatu spokesperson Zanele Sabela expressed satisfaction at achieving the aim of the strike, which was to highlight various socioeconomic issues facing workers.

It coincided with the World Day for Decent Work.

“I can actually comfortably say that we have achieved our goal, and so the memorandum that we submitted was to say to them that we need a response within 14 days. We want to know that they will be engaging on these issues,” Sabela said.

“…we wanted all those issues to be put on the table to make sure that the government, stakeholders and businesses are informed, and that workers’ voices are heard because policy is about political choices.”

She said the