The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) leader made the call for Ramaphosa to resign after the latest GDP figures.
SA Federation of Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says the GDP figure do not reflect the situation on the ground.The SA Federation of Trade Unions leader made the call on Wednesday after the release of the latest GDP figures. that among the largest contributions to the increase came from the transport, personal services and trade industries.The figures come after a record high unemployment figure of 34.4%, which means that about 7.82-million people are jobless in SA.
“Government is refusing to restructure the economy and abandon liberal policies. It is refusing to embrace a call, that has been made so repeatedly, that the current structure inherited from the colonial apartheid will never ever respond to the crisis of larger economy, the inclusion of black people [and the] the crisis of poverty,” said Vavi.
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