Johnathan Paoli
Democratic Alliance (DA) federal leader John Steenhuisen has called out the Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU) as the “scene of the crime” of the unemployment crisis in South Africa.
Steenhuisen delivered a speech outside COSATU House in Braamfontein, Johannesburg on Thursday and said the impact of the growing unemployment rate is alarming.
“The almost 30 years in which the Unholy Alliance between COSATU, the ANC, and the SACP has governed South Africa, has caused record unemployment, and brought misery upon millions of citizens robbed of the dignity of a job and the ability to provide for their families,” the leader said.
Steenhuisen said COSATU has proven itself not to be on the side of the people, but rather the ruling party’s cadres and elites, which has twisted and contorted the South African economy, creating an exclusive, sluggish and uncompetitive economy where the workers have been squeezed out
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