Sam Mkokeli says Cosatu leaders seem to believe their problem is with Tito Mboweni alone and not at all with the man who appointed him to the finance portfolio.
Cosatu had a fat go at Tito Mboweni recently, advising the Finance Minister to retire in line with the advice he gave to workers in their mid 50s.
No doubt Mboweni received no "Happy Workers May Day, Minister" cards from the likes of Michael Shingange, Cosatu’s first deputy president. The trade unionist recently told Bloomberg: "This is a man who says people who are 55 years old must retire because they are too old," Shingange said. “It would be a huge shock for us if Tito Mboweni was to avail himself to be the minister of finance .
Cosatu has to prepare itself to two scenarios. Lower public sector salary increases, job losses pretty much across the state including at huge employers like Eskom , or get ready for a fight with Ramaphosa, the man who gave us Mboweni, and stop taking cheap shots at the finance minister himself.
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