As trade unions plan to shut down the country on Wednesday, SA Federation of Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says one of their demands is an increase of the R350 grant for the unemployed to R1,500.
Economy must be overhauled for citizens to afford basic needs, says Zwelinzima Vavi ahead of planned national shutdown on WednesdayThe Congress of SA Trade Unions, and other unions and civil society groupings, will stage a national strike against the rising cost of living, fuel costs and load-shedding on Wednesday. File photo.
Vavi said the shutdown is a start of the total emancipation of the working class from poverty, inequality and oppression. “We’re not aiming at just having a one-day strike.” He echoed former president Thabo Mbeki and EFF leader Julius Malema’s warnings of a “civil war” if living conditions of South Africans did not improve and their issues were ignored.
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