Labour unions have threatened to vote against the ANC and go on a national strike in response to proposed plans to address South Africa’s debt crisis.
South Africa’s largest labour union federation is threatening to go on strike if the government backs proposed austerity measures, which could include reneging on a public sector wage agreement.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions was part of a delegation of labour leaders who met with Ramaphosa on Tuesday, where they told him that the Treasury’s suggested steps would undermine public services. The president’s office said separately that the unions had agreed to help tackle key problems hobbling the South African economy, including rolling power cuts, a jammed freight logistics infrastructure and violent crime.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana at the time warned that such a deal, which had not been fully budgeted for, would “require very significant trade-offs in government spending.”
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