By Staff Reporter
The country’s largest trade union federation has said it will launch a campaign in defence of the Expropriation Act to ensure land reform that benefits “the dispossessed black majority”.
COSATU, which represents more than 1.5 million workers, concluded its eighth Central Committee in Benoni this week, with a call to push back against what it described as “neoliberal regression” and to prioritise measures to unlock economic opportunities through land reform.
The Expropriation Act allows the government to expropriate land without compensation if it is in the public interest. It is being challenged in court by the Democratic Alliance, civil rights group AfriForum, and others, who argue it is unconstitutional and undermines property rights.
The federation used the gathering to attack the economic direction of the Government of National Unity, saying its “neoliberal austerity policies” had deepened unemployment, poverty and inequality.
Official unemployment is at 42.9% overall, and
You’ve reached your free article limit
Subscribe to enjoy unlimited access to trusted journalism. Cancel anytime.
Subscribe nowNeed help? molokom@insidepolitic.co.za
