Trade union federation excluded from top level talks to find solutions for the country’s economic challenges
President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: SUPPLIED
The meeting comes after the government and business on June 7 announced the formation of the partnership on three key focal areas including transport and logistics, and crime and corruption, and energy crisis, in order to grow the economy and restore investor and public confidence. “Cosatu has raised its deep unhappiness about this with the presidency. Not only does it mean workers are excluded from an important discussion about them, their jobs and the economy but it also underminesand the president’s commitment to a social compact,” said Parks.
Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya on Wednesday told Sowetan that the president has had meetings with labour on both the energy and logistics issues. BBC CEO Kganki Matabane said the council would be meeting with Ramaphosa on its own towards the end of this month.
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