The Congress of South African Trade Unions has called on members to take part in a one-day strike on Thursday to “push” the government and private sector to “fix the economic mess” SA is in.
The union would call on the private sector to abandon its “investment strike” that had seen many companies either hoarding or exporting cash, despite receiving “generous” incentives to invest back into the economy.
“Instead of clearly indicating that the rich must bear the burden of fixing the government’s balance sheet after decades of rising profits — in a country that is the most unequal in the world and whose inequality is grossly racialised — the government is going back to attacking the public service, when there is a need to build the capacity of the state to accelerate delivery,” Pamla said.
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