http://www.news24.com/Tags/People/patrick craven Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:33:16 +0200 Cosatu will reject aspects of the National Development Plan which it believes undermines worker rights and reduces wages, spokesperson Patrick Craven says. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Cosatu-NDP-threatens-jobs-plan-20130607 Cosatu is opposing government's decision not to allow a planned protest on Johannesburg highways against e-tolls, the union federation says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/E-tolls-Cosatu-opposes-govt-decision-20130523 Cosatu has rejected the claim by DA leader Helen Zille that the trade union federation is keeping people unemployed by influencing government not to implement the youth wage subsidy. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Cosatu-rejects-Zille-on-youth-subsidy-20130517 Cosatu and teacher union Sadtu have denied receiving correspondence from Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga which was published as an open letter. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Sadtu-denies-getting-panties-letter-20130430 Public resistance is mounting against plans to start charging motorists using Gauteng highways, with calls being made to protest and boycott e-tags. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Make-e-tolls-unworkable-motorists-told-20130411 Mamphela Ramphele's party political platform is grievance driven, the ANC says, saying she is just rehashing the known challenges facing the country, and does not bring any new suggestions to the table. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Ramphele-brings-nothing-new-ANC-insists-20130218 The R206m security upgrade to President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home, in KwaZulu-Natal, is "grotesque", Cosatu says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Nkandla-spending-grotesque-Cosatu-20130129 The Congress of SA Trade Unions has rejected reported comments made by Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana labelling general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi as a "problem child". http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Attack-on-Vavi-Deputy-minister-paranoid-20121213 Cosatu has denied that it had canned a report on a survey of shop stewards who showed opposition to President Jacob Zuma being re-elected. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Cosatu-denies-canning-anti-Zuma-report-20121211 President Jacob Zuma has joined Cosatu and many other South Africans sending their best wishes to former president Nelson Mandela, who is currently in hospital undergoing tests. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Best-wishes-sent-to-Madiba-20121208 Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson was one of the founding fathers of South Africa's constitutional democracy, says former state president FW de Klerk. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Chaskalson-honoured-for-his-contribution-20121203 The contribution of former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson to the struggle against apartheid has been celebrated by the National Association of Democratic Lawyers. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Lawyers-celebrate-Chaskalsons-struggle-20121202 Western Cape Democratic Alliance leader Ivan Meyer has opened an incitement case against Cosatu's provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich over a poster put up in the Cape metro. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/DA-lays-charge-against-Ehrenreich-20121129 Calls for a law protecting President Jacob Zuma against insults would not be fair, the Congress of SA Trade Unions says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Insult-law-wouldnt-be-fair-Cosatu-20121115 Public Protector Thuli Madonsela must reveal the truth about the reported R200m upgrade to President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla residence, Cosatu says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Cosatu-wants-truth-about-Nkandla-20121113 The Congress of SA Trade Unions has called on the Public Protector to investigate former defence minister Lindiwe Sisulu following claims that she abused the defence force's jets. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Protector-urged-to-probe-Sisulu-20121112 The public should not buy e-tags because Cosatu would strongly oppose the introduction of e-tolling, spokesperson Patrick Craven says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Defiant-Cosatu-also-says-no-to-e-tags-20121003 Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has welcomed Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report clearing him and his partner Gugu Mtshali of improper involvement in an Iran deal. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Motlanthe-welcomes-protector-report-20120928 Truck drivers are an essential element of SA's economy - yet are paid "pitifully" low wages, says Cosatu. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Cosatu-supports-transport-strike-20120925 Gold Fields mining company will play by ear the impact of expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema's call for a national mine strike, says a spokesperson. http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Mining/Gold-Fields-to-wait-and-see-20120911