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#COSATU is Africa's largest Federation, a home of the toiling classes across the world fighting for #DecentWork and #SocialJuatice , with more than 2 million membership. @_cosatu #JoinCosatuNow
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#COSATU calls upon AU and SADC to be decisive on Zimbabwe crisis. Please click on the link, to sign and share this petition. The time to act is now!! @ZctuZimbabwe @edmnangagwa @CyrilRamaphosa @DIRCO_ZA @AUC_DPA @AUChair2020 @UN @antonioguterres @SkyNews
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We are going to mobilize workers and their families to vote for the African National Congress in the coming 2024 National elections, declares #COSATU President Zingiswa Losi @eNCA @MYANC @SACP1921 @_cosatu
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#COSATU CEC condemns the recent announcement by #Zimbabwe ruling party #ZANU -PF that @ZctuZimbabwe and other CSOs in the country are terrorist organizations @UN @SADC_News @DIRCO_ZA @KhayaJames
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#COSATU to participate in the Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum tomorrow to develop practical and formal solidarity actions with the people of Zimbabwe and workers @SkyNews @ZctuZimbabwe
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Congratulations to our 2nd Deputy Provincial Secretary Cde Mandla Radebe for attaining his PhD. The SACP Gauteng Province is proud of you for being exemplary says #SACP Gauteng
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Workers scheduled to participate in the African National Congress 112th Anniversary celebrations in Mbombela, Mpumalanga on January 13th #ANC112th @MYANC @sacp1921 @Newzroom405
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#SADTU calls for an investigation and possible charging of Justices Sandile Ngcobo and Thokozile Masipa @MorningLiveSABC @SadtuNational
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#SADTU condemns in the strongest terms the statements and threats contained in the #EFF Statements. SADTU calls upon the EFF to withdraw their allegations and apologise @SAfmRadio @SakinaKamwendo @IECSouthAfrica @EFFSouthAfrica
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We are calling on the Zimbabwean government to release all arrested trade union leaders, stop abductions of political activists and respect people’s human rights and should allow people to express their wishes without fear of intimidation or arrest. @ReutersAfrica @Sophie_Mokoena
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1st Ballot: #VoteANC ❎ 2nd Ballot: #VoteANC ❎ 3rd Ballot: #VoteANC ❎ VOTE ANC in the 2024 National and Provincial General Elections #VoteANC2024 @MYANC @nomvulamoko_ @Newzroom405 @MYANC @SACP1921 @_cosatu
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Today in history: SACP former general secretary, comrade #ChrisHani assassinated in 1993
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#COSATU rejects Julius Malema’s unprincipled&amoral attacks on teachers with the contempt they deserve. Malema in a bizarre meltdown on Twitter went on an unhinged tangent on the hard-won constitutional rights of freedom of association and political expression on teachers @eNCA
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Burning down stores is pure criminality that will punish people who have no dog to hunt, workers. Injustice & #racism have to be brought forcefully without fail but anarchy & violence undermines& delegitimize the valid struggle declares #COSATU @tshidi_lee @Clicks_SA @KhayaJames
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@akaworldwide #COSATU sends its heartfelt condolences to the creative arts industry, the family, and the relatives of Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, affectionately known as #AKA . He was a majestic trendsetter in so many ways in the industry. May his soul rest in peace. #HambaKahleAKA @NathiMthethwaSA
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Correction #Clicks advert which defines and profiles African hair in many negative terms is nothing but an open anti-black sentiment and #racism declares #SACCAWU @SakinaKamwendo @tshidi_lee @KhayaJames @Sli_Masikane
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* 60 million domestic workers need help
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This week in history: #ANC National Conference in Durban elects #NelsonMandela as President, #WalterSisulu becomes the Deputy President and @CyrilRamaphosa becomes the Secretary General in 1991 @LindiweSisuluSA @MYANC @samkelemaseko
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#COSATU pledges solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe facing repression of Activists
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On a hopeful note: #FreeLula #500InjusticeDays Today marks the 500th day of cde Lula's imprisonment says @SACTWU @UN @ReutersVzla @telesurenglish @ActualidadRT
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#COSATU supports striking public Service Unions #DefendCollectiveBargaining @eNCA
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NEHAWU dips its banners at the passing of its National Spokesperson, #KhayaXaba and will send details of the memorial and funeral service as soon as they are available. NEHAWU says “lala ngoxolo Nonkosi, Shwabada, ugqatso ulufezile” #HambaKahleKhayaXaba
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#COSATU urges all South Africans to visit their voting stations this weekend to ensure they are registered to vote in the 2024 elections @SABCFullView @IECSouthAfrica @SACP1921 @MYANC @_cosatu
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#Cosatu urged working class communities to discontinue with #looting of businesses as it will result in #joblosses @MorningLiveSABC @deptoflabour @CCMA_SA @ParliamentofRSA #NoToLooting
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For the first time ever, the two largest teacher unions in #Zimbabwe have come together to defend the teaching profession and call for a teachers’ strike to obtain a salary increase from the government. @ReutersAfrica @Sophie_Mokoena @AldrinSampear
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#POPCRU NEC urges Alliance partners not to disband election mobilization machinery and further utilize such structures to address community issues #Back2Basics @MYANC @SACP1921 @MbalulaFikile @Magashule_Ace @CyrilRamaphosa
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#COSATU ordinary Central Executive Committee session is underway in Johannesburg #FreePalestine @DIRCO_ZA @KhayaJames
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Dear employers: #COSATU will not allow any form of intimidation and harassment against workers on Wednesday as we down tools #cosatustrike
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#DENOSA Limpopo acknowledges a midwife who helped a patient to deliver at entrance of Lebowakgomomo hospital #Back2Basics @CapricornFMNews
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We reject 3% salary increment and we demand 10% salary increase says #DENOSA @Newzroom405 @thedpsa @GovernmentZA @pscbcnews
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Dear Workers: Kindly be appraised that the Independent Electoral Commission has announced that the national election voter registration will take place on the 3rd and 4th of February 2024 @MYANC @SACP1921 @_cosatu @SABCNews
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Today, workers and their families remember the late @SACP1921 former General Secretary, Comrade #ChrisHani who was brutally assassinated on April, 10, 1993 at his home at Boksburg #LalaKahleChrisHani @rhulani1baloyi @samkelemaseko @Slindelo_M @tshidi_lee
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#COSATU #ElijahBarayiBrigades are participating in the ANC Election Mobilization Campaign in the Northern Cape @AncNcape @ANCKZN @ANCLimpopo @MbalulaFikile @GautengANC #VoteANC
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COSATU remains fully behind Cde #CyrilRamaphosa ’s campaign to be the next president of the ANC.
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#COSATU #ElijahBarayiBrigades are participating in ANC Election structures to mobilize workers and their families to #VoteANC on May 29 #VoteANC @AncNcape @ANCKZN @GautengANC @KayaNews
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#COSATU wishes the 1st Deputy President Mike Shingange a #HappyBirthday #HappyBirthdayMikeShingange
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Release Cde Amos Mbedzi and other Political Prisoners-Oshoek Boarder Post picket underway in support of the people of Swaziland @SnatSwaziland @Swazijforum @SwaziNews @CapricornFMNews @Radio2000ZA @AfricanTimesSA @KhayaJames @FullViewSABC @TsepisoMakwetla @SADC_News @DIRCO_ZA
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Workers in South Africa call for boycotting of Israeli goods across the globe @AJEnglish @Palestine_UN @POTUS
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#COSATU acknowledges all worker Leaders, Shopstewards and Organizers for their volunteerism during the IEC Registration Weekend #PoliticalStruggle #Register2Vote #VoteANC @MYANC @SACP1921 @_cosatu @MbalulaFikile @IECSouthAfrica
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#COSATU can confirm that President Zingiswa Losi was involved in a car accident on her way to the ANC Siyanqoba Rally in Soweto.She did not sustain any major injuries but she has gone to hospital for standard medical checkups. We wish her a speedy recovery. @MYANC @SACP1921 @eNCA
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#COSATU commemorates the life and times of Comrade #ChrisHani Late South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani was assassinated 30 years ago on April 10 1993. #LalaKahleChrisHani @MYANC @SACP1921 @_cosatu @MorningLiveSABC
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#SADC cannot be silent when obvious disregard for freedoms and rights are so blatantly clear in #Zimbabwe . We challenge SADC to intervene meaningfully with sustainable solutions in that country says #COSATU @ReutersAfrica @cnbcafrica @AFPAfrica @AP @SABCNewsOnline @eNCA
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Now, workers and communities are leading a picket to the Embassy of Israel in Lynwood #FreeFreePalestine @Africa4Pal @UN @Newzroom405
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@News24 @tshidi_lee Africa could lose 20 million Jobs due to #Covid19 pandemic declares African Union
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ANC NEC Member and Head of Political Education, Cde David Makhura delivering the Political Input on the recent developments and the posture of the ANC towards national general elections at #NEHAWU National Extended Political Commission. @MYANC @SACP1921 @_cosatu #ClassStruggle
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#COSATU sends its heartfelt condolences to the #ANC after the saddening news of the passing of its Deputy Secretary General, Comrade Jessie Duarte. #HambaKahleJessieDuarte @_cosatu @SACP1921 @MYANC
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We warn all opportunistic #employers to stop #victimizing workers who refuse to vaccinate. All South Africans have a right to accept or refuse to be vaccinated either on medical or constitutional grounds declares #COSATU @NxesiThulas @GuyRyder @PresidencyZA @ConCourtSA @eNCA
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#COSATU is participating in the commemorative event of the SACP stalwart #JoeSlovo at Avalon Heroes Acre, Soweto today @SACP1921 @Newzroom405
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This week in history: ANC National Conference in Durban elects Comrade Nelson #Mandela as President, Walter Sisulu as Deputy President and @CyrilRamaphosa as Secretary-General in 1991 July @SACP1921 @MYANC @samkelemaseko @CathyMohlahlana @NatashaN_Phiri @tshidi_lee @MokoboNtebo
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@itThuthukaM Violence projected at #Uzalo and other @Official_SABC1 @SABC2 television must be condemned as it is watched by family. Such scenes doesn't sit well in the minds of the public
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Workers scheduled to participate in the 111th Anniversary celebrations of the formation of the African National Congress at Dr. Molemela Stadium on January 8 @_cosatu @MYANC @SACP1921 @eNCA
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#DENOSA supports the public service strike underway in South Africa @eNCA #PublicServiceStrike @DENOSAORG
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#NUM Carletonville Region held a Political Lecture in support of the ANC during the upcoming May 29 General and Provincial Elections at the Tenniscourt in Carletonville. #VoteANC #VoteANC @MYANC @SACP1921 @_cosatu @MorningLiveSABC
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#COSATU remains resolute as a strong partner of the #Zimbabwean Congress of Trade Unions in its struggle for human and labour rights, social justice, economic and political freedom @GovernmentZA @DIRCO_ZA @eNCA @EWNAfrikaans @JacaNews
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Workers and their families remember ANC Stalwart, comrade #WalterSisulu as he was born on this day in 1912 @MYANC @LindiweSisuluSA @ElinorSisulu
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#COSATU acknowledges all worker Leaders, Shopstewards and Organizers for their volunteerism during the IEC Registration Weekend #PoliticalStruggle #Register2Vote #VoteANC @MYANC @SACP1921 @_cosatu @MbalulaFikile @IECSouthAfrica
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Happy birthday Cde Advocate George Bizos says #SACTWU on his 89th birthday! Wishing you all of the best! @eNCA
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The ANC joins #COSATU in the 2023 Workers’ Day celebrations. #MayDay2023 #WorkersDay2023 @MYANC @SACP1921
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Dear #Shopstewards : Political parties such as #DA , #ActionSA have openly declared to change the Labour Relations Act when they come to power. This could mean union bashing in other countries. #VoteANC on May 29 to defend the right to organize, to associate @SACP1921 @MYANC @eNCA
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The decision not to increase the repo rate by the South African Reserve Bank will provide comfort for millions of working class families and an economy feeling the pinch of rising costs of living says #COSATU @SAReserveBank @SABCFullView #FullView #SabcNews
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Today we commemorate #WorldRefugeeDay Palestinians are the largest and longest suffering group of refugees in the world says @BDSsouthafrica @UN @RTUKnews
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Dr Thabo Mbeki thanks President Cyril Ramaphosa and the leaders of NUM and COSATU being at UNISA. He jokingly says "i was engaging with President Ramaphosa and when is he getting an honorary doctorate and he said he doesn't know" @TMFoundation_ @CyrilRamaphosa @_cosatu @NUM_Media
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#COSATU remains a shield of workers across all sectors of the economy #hegemony
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Workers and their families are expected to participate in the #ANCSiyanqoba Rally at #EllisPark
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#COSATU Western Cape comrades are on the ground leading pamphleting, blitzing and door to door to engage with workers and their families to participate in the #InternationalWorkersDay on May 1 @ewnreporter @CapeTalk @SAfmRadio @eNCA @Newzroom405
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Workers are ready to defend their hard-earned democratic gains since 1994 come the 29th of May 2024. #VoteANC #ElijahBarayiBrigades #CosatuSaysVoteANC #QinaMsebenzi @eNCA @MYANC @ANCLimpopo @ANCKZN @AncNcape @GautengANC
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Are you aware that monies to build health centres in rural areas is stolen through #Statecapture ? Join #COSATU national strike on Sept 27
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Minister Gigaba will be remembered as a Minister that presided over the looting of State-Owned Enterprises, by a coterie of primitive accumulators with links with Gupta family, who plunged the South African economy into an unbearable, hardship says #NEHAWU @XoliMngambi @RanjeniM
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Today in history: On May 1st, the apartheid govt introduces the Black Labour Relations Regulation Act, which defines 'employee' to exclude all blacks in 1954 @SACP1921 @MYANC @GwedeMantashe1 @CosatuGS
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#COSATU mourns the cold-blooded assassination of heroic Swazi activist–Cde Thulani Maseko @DIRCO_ZA @SADC_News @PresidencyZA @EswatiniGovern1 @SnatSwaziland @SwaziNews @CPSwaziland We call on progressive forces to agitate for economic and political isolation of Mswati govt @eNCA
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#Zimbabwe Diaspora has sanctioned a march to the Zimbabwean Embassy on the 26th January in Pretoria in solidarity with #ZCTU and calling all to join the march in solidarity with people of Zimbabwe says #COSATU @ZctuZimbabwe @ReutersAfrica @cnbcafrica @AFPAfrica @eNCA @JacaNews
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It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build #Mandela
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#SADTU ZFM Region in the Northern Cape is campaigning for a decisive ANC victory in the National General Elections #SadtuVotesANC #CosatuVotesANC @MYANC @nomvulamoko_ @AncNcape @ANCKZN @ANCMPUMALANGA @ANCwcape
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#SADTU says, "Get your ID and register on the 3-4 February 2024 to vote ANC 2024" @MYANC @_cosatu @SACP1921 @itstopicalsabc
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@MbalulaFikile @msletsike need to stop police confiscating condoms from sex workers - it protects them from HIV and STIs @SAPoliceService
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#NEHAWU proudly salutes all its members and workers in the public service for waging a relentless struggle in the public service by keeping our strike or picket lines alive in defence of collective bargaining and rights of workers. @SABCNews @MorningLiveSABC
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@DBE_SA Educators are workers who are selling their Labour power #teaching #thinking and must work in safe environments like any other workers @ParliamentofRSA @Newzroom405 @SadtuNational
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#COSATU will continue to offer its unwavering support to the people of Swaziland, who are commendably and heroically standing up against this naked despotism. #FreeSwaziland @Swazijforum @SnatSwaziland @DIRCO_ZA @PUDEMO @AJEnglish
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Congratulations to SSSBC Vice Chairperson Labour for being elected as President of #POPCRU , says @SSSBC_Sa_ #PopcruCongress2023 @SABCNews
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#COSATU Western Cape urges workers and their families in Claremont, Newlands, Observatory, Paarl, Muizenberg, Hout Bay, Gugulethu, Imizamo Yethu, Khayelitsha, and Wynberg Upper to participate in the National #MayDay at Athlone stadium on May 1 @Newzroom405 #MayDay2024 #VoteANC
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