Saftu owes us papers, says Nedlac
Unions say delay in admitting the federation to the council is due to administrative issues and is not an attempt to block membership
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), which burst on to the scene in 2017 with hopes of breaking Cosatu’s dominance, has failed to provide Nedlac (the National Economic Development and Labour Council) with key documents for admission to the council. This is despite having lodged an application more than a year ago amid claims of political bias. Nedlac’s labour constituency says Saftu has not submitted audited financial statements, a membership tally and other documents required by law for parties to be considered for membership to the council. Instead, the country’s youngest federation has cried foul in public, while communicating with Nedlac through its lawyers, who seemed to want the conditions waived. Saftu failed to answer questions on the matter, despite several reassurances by spokesman Patrick Craven since Monday that it would do so. Cosatu, Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) and National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu) leaders told Business Day on Monday the...
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