SAFTU shocked by even higher unemployment
Just when it seemed that things could get no worse for workers and the poor, we are hit by the Quarterly Labour Force Survey from […]
Month: October 2017
Illicit trading: a criminal activity that is robbing South Africa of billions of rands each year
Amongst the sensational revelations in Jacques Pauw’ book The President’s Keepers, about illegal activities involving President Zuma, was another very important revelation – that dirty […]
SAFTU outraged by latest corruption revelations
The South African Federation of Trade Unions has frequently warned of the danger of the country degenerating into a ‘kleptocracy’ – defined in the dictionary […]
Long Live the spirit of Comrade OR Tambo!
The South African Federation of Trade Unions, on this the 100th anniversary of his birth on 27 October 1917, pays tribute to Comrade OR Tambo, […]
SAFTU’s response to the MTBPS 2017
The Medium-term Budget Policy Statement by Finance Minster Malusi Gigaba has confirmed all the worst fears of the South African Federation of Trade Unions that […]
Violent crime out of control and the poor pay the price – SAFTU
The crime statistics released by Police Minister Fikile Mbalula confirm the South African Federation of Trade Unions’s view that violent crime is escalating out of […]