POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Cosatu introspects, prepares to make call on national wage
Cosatu is expected to announce its formal position on the proposed national minimum wage on Thursday, writes Karl Gernetzky
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will this week consider its position on the national minimum wage and the state of the alliance. Cosatu will be holding a briefing after the central executive committee meeting on Thursday, when it is expected to announce its formal position on the proposed national minimum wage. National Economic Development and Labour Council social partners, with the exception of Cosatu, signed off on an agreement that will see the introduction of a minimum monthly wage of R3,500, or R20 per hour, to take effect in May 2018. Cosatu, which said it would put the issue to its members, has dismissed suggestions that its decision not to sign the agreement — which was taken on the eve of President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address — was rooted in factional battles. The political fallout from Friday’s violence in Tshwane during an anti-immigration march is likely to linger amid considerations of policy changes to SA’s immigration laws and as a c...
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