ARTICLES RELATING TO
PATRICK CRAVEN
The public should not buy e-tags because Cosatu would strongly oppose the introduction of e-tolling, spokesperson Patrick Craven says.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has welcomed Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report clearing him and his partner Gugu Mtshali of improper involvement in an Iran deal.
Truck drivers are an essential element of SA's economy - yet are paid "pitifully" low wages, says Cosatu.
Gold Fields mining company will play by ear the impact of expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema's call for a national mine strike, says a spokesperson.
Cosatu has rejected former president FW de Klerk's view that the main inequality divide in South Africa was no longer race, but was between workers and the unemployed.
Expelled ANCYL president Julius Malema should not try to ingratiate himself with Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, the union federation says.
A painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed is an insult to all South Africans, Cosatu says.
Allegations by expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema that the NUM was not representing the interests of workers are "scandalous", Cosatu says.
Close to 1.7 million workers, members of the 16 unions that face deregistration, could reportedly lose their bargaining power.
The DA in Gauteng has welcomed the "long overdue" resignation of Gauteng housing MEC Humphrey Mmemezi.
Cosatu has welcomed the Johannesburg Labour Court's decision to rescind the lifting of former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli's suspension.
The hostility displayed by Cosatu members during a DA march in the Johannesburg city centre is justified, the trade union federation says.
The ANC has moved to protect journalists and whistleblowers as part of a raft of proposed changes to the information bill.
The SA National Roads Agency Limited has remained silent over the ruling by the High Court in Pretoria which brought the Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt.
Cosatu wants the protection of state information bill to be amended to give better protection against "whistleblowers" who want to expose corruption.
