Cosatu and its affiliate unions in Gauteng have joined thousands of other members in the country to call on President Cyril Ramaphosa to intensify the fight against corruption.
“The federation has tabled these issues and concrete proposals on how to address them at collective bargaining councils, in the workplace, Nedlac, Parliament, with the government and the ANC and Tripartite Alliance, publicly and in the media.He said Cosatu and its affiliates were therefore demanding the following key interventions by the government and the private sector:
Cosatu and its unions were also unanimous in their call for the intensification of the fight against corruption. They asked the government for: • The government must allocate further resources to the South African Revenue Service to tackle tax and customs evasion and fraud. • A single, transparent online public procurement system must be established for the entire State, eg departments, entities, SOEs and municipalities. This must be provided for in the Public Procurement Bill and tabled at Nedlac by the beginning of 2022.• Additional resources must be allocated to the National Prosecuting Authority and the police to ensure that they have sufficient capacity to tackle corruption.
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