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Labour unrest threatens

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Zwelinzima VaviGeneral strike by Cosatu in October seems more likely

Labour unrest could become part of the price the South African economy might have to pay for the unfolding battle within the ranks of the country’s governing alliance. Unless relations between the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) and its ally, the African National Congress (ANC) as leader of the ruling alliance, improve dramatically in the immediate to near future, the country could face a crippling general strike by October of this year.


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