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25 May 2013
                       
 
 
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01 May 2013
 
 
DA: Statement by Patricia De Lille, DA MP, on opportunities for workers and the unemployed (01/05/2013)
STATEMENT
It is a privilege for me to celebrate Worker’s Day with you in the DA’s new frontier province of the Northern Cape. My time as a union organiser and leader in the dark days of the 1970s and...
 
 
23 Apr 2013
 
DA: Statement by Annette Lovemore, DA Shadow Minister of Basic Education, states that DA will ensure that Department adheres to its promise to identify and discipline participation in planned marches (23/04/2013)
STATEMENT
SADTU and COSATU’s calls for Grade 10 to 12 learners and teachers to stay away from schools tomorrow and join them in their planned illegal march to Parliament and other locations across the...
 
 
17 Apr 2013
 
DA: Statement by Ivan Meyer, DA Leader in the Western Cape, on COSATU and SANRAL’s proposed tolls in the Western Cape (17/04/2013)
STATEMENT
Today the DA releases conclusive proof that Tony Ehrenreich, Cosatu’s provincial secretary, led the ANC caucus in Cape Town to a unanimous vote against the DA-led City’s decision to fight...
 
 
17 Jan 2013
 
W Cape farm strikes suspended, most workers back at work
FARMWORKER STRIKES
A large number of Western Cape farmworkers were back at work on Thursday, on the first day after strike action was suspended, agriculture MEC Gerrit van Rensburg said. "Our understanding is that...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – January 17, 2013.
PODCAST
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (or Cosatu) said that the farm workers' strike in the Western Cape was suspended for one week on Wednesday.
 
 
16 Jan 2013
 
SA: Statement by AgriSA, agricultural trade association, on absence of wage deal in Clanwilliam (16/01/2013)
STATEMENT
Yesterday’s claim by Cosatu’s Tony Ehrenreich that a breakthrough was achieved with a wage deal in Clanwilliam, requires clarification. An offer made by a single farmer, who is apparently...
 
 
09 Jan 2013
 
DA: Statement by Rodney Lentit, Democratic Alliance Provincial Executive Member, accuses trade-unionist Tony Ehrenreich for being inconsiderate and insensitive to wellbeing of farm workers (09/01/2013)
STATEMENT
This follows Mr Lentit’s visit to farms in Porterville and surrounding areas this morning and is pleased that so many people are back at work. Lentit says many farmworkers have openly admitted...
 
 
11 Dec 2012
 
SA: Statement by AfriForum, recommends that senior political and trade union leaders be prosecuted following riots in the Western Cape (11/12/2012)
STATEMENT
Civil rights organisation, AfriForum, will investigate the possible prosecution of political figures and trade union leaders after the recent riots in the Western Cape in which damage worth...
 
 
29 Nov 2012
 
DA: Statement by Ivan Meyer, Democratic Alliance Western Cape Leader, DA charges Ehrenreich with incitement to violence (29/11/2012)
STATEMENT
The poster proudly states: “FEEL IT!!! Western Cape Marikana is here!!!” A Nehawu logo is displayed above a picture of Tony Ehrenreich, with text stating that he “has warned Premier Helen...
 
 
13 Nov 2012
 
DA: Statement by Annette Steyn, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, asserts that Cosatu's intimidation of De Doorns workers is despicable (13/11/2012)
STATEMENT
I visited some of the De Doorns farms yesterday and was shocked to witness a full-blown intimidation campaign being waged by Cosatu against farm workers who are reluctant to strike.
 
 
13 Oct 2012
 
SA: Helen Zille: Address by the Leader of the Democratic Alliance, during the Democratic Alliance Western Cape Provincial Congress, Cape Town (13/10/2012)
SPEECH
It is a pleasure to speak at the DA’s Western Cape Congress in Cape Town today. It is wonderful to be able to say that the DA in this province is the most united, strong and focused it has ever...
 
 
26 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Leader of the Democratic Alliance, on the real motive behind the ANCYL’s “ungovernability” Campaign (26/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The ANCYL in the Western Cape has spent the weekend mobilising for a march to the Provincial Legislature tomorrow, the second in its on-going “ungovernability” campaign. During the week they...
 
 
10 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by Sizwe Mchunu, Democratic Alliance KwaZulu-Natal Leader, on KwaZulu-Natal school closures (10/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The KZN Education Department’s announcement that hundreds of small, non-viable schools would be closed in the province has been met with deafening silence by the ANC and alliance partners. This...
 
 
03 Jul 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – July 3, 2012
PODCAST
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says that South Africa’s tax base, which comprises citizens and business engaging in taxable activities, not wide enough. This includes activities such as excise...
 
 
02 Jul 2012
 
Convert Cape Town stadium to housing – Cosatu
housing
Cape Town Stadium should be converted into low-cost houses, the Western Cape Congress of South African Trade Unions said on Monday. "Cosatu has had discussions with engineers and architects who...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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