In a shot at the president, union leaders say writing letters is not enough to end the scourge of corruption
Union federation Cosatu is demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa takes action against his ANC colleagues who are looting Covid-19 funds, saying writing letters on the matter is not enough to remove the scourge.
There is growing anger over corruption in the procurement of personal protective equipment by politically connected people. “We want nothing of the statements and letters he has been writing on corruption, we want to see presidential action being taken,” said a leader, who did not want to be named as he was not authorised to speak to the media.“The meeting was very robust. We really came out very strong on issues of corruption. Other leaders were even toying with the idea of marching to the Zondo commission to express our frustrations that it is just a talk-shop as it has not produced any results.
“We were saying Cosatu is caught up on this corruption web because we are part of the alliance with the ANC. People see us as a bunch of corrupt cronies, which is not the case,” said a unionist.
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