Zwelinzima Vavi lays charges against Eskom, Trillian and McKinsey, Fedusa demands PIC seat
Labour federations are stepping up the fight against state capture, joining opposition parties and civic groups to try to push a recalcitrant government to act
Unionists are stepping up the fight against state capture, demanding to sit on the board of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) — where public sector workers’ pension funds are held — and that criminal charges be laid against Trillian and Eskom. South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is taking on Eskom, Trillian and McKinsey, and the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) weighed in on the upheaval at the PIC on Wednesday. Vavi laid further charges of fraud, theft, corruption and money-laundering against Eskom and Trillian, while Fedusa wrote to Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba demanding representation for workers on the PIC board. This follows a mass march against state capture last week, by the country’s largest federation, Cosatu. Saftu and Fedusa are the country’s second- and third-largest union federations. The government continues to dither over dealing with mounting evidence of state capture. President Jacob Zuma has yet to set up a ...
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