Cosatu to march over ailing economy
Members of trade union federation Cosatu will take to the streets in protest against the state of the South African economy.
The trade union federation says it wants the government to address the rising cost of living, reduce interest rates and job losses and root out corruption.
Cosatu’s Edwin Mkhize says the country's workers are taking strain and are not able to pay their bills and put food on the table with the little they are earning.
He says there will be marches across the country.
"We are saying, as Cosatu, we can't really fold our arms when we see that all these challenges facing our economy, at the end of the day, it is workers who suffer most.
"Workers are losing salaries, hours and even companies are threatening to leave South Africa because of the state of our electricity. We can't really sit down under the circumstances."
The nationwide protests are due to be held on Thursday.
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