Saftu to strike on Wednesday, same day as tabling of budget by Mboweni
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will embark on a national strike next Wednesday.
This will be on the same day as the tabling of the budget in the National Assembly by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.
The trade union federation briefed the media on its plans and demands on Tuesday afternoon.
Saftu will hold protest marches in major cities around the country on February 25, including at the home of the National Assembly in Cape Town.
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It is unhappy over what it perceives to be an increase in unemployment, poverty and corruption, with its
general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi saying Covid-19 has only served to worsen the situation.
“We will just fold arms while our economy crumbles, our communities suffer, and the future of our children is stolen.
"The battle against the pandemic did not unite South Africa, it divided us further," Vavi said.
Vavi says the speech by Mbowni on Wednesday will only be another attack on the living standards of the poor.
"And that's why we are targeting the 24th of February for the general strike."
Vavi calls on other unions to join the strike.
