SACP congratulates COSATU and welcomes the outcomes of its National Congress
3 September 2022
The South African Communist Party (SACP) congratulates its ally, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on its successful 14th National Congress held from Monday to Thursday, 26 to 29 September 2022 in Midrand, Johannesburg.
“On behalf of the SACP, I congratulate the newly elected COSATU National Office Bearers on their election, President Zingiswa Losi, First Deputy President Mike Shingange, Second Deputy President Duncan Luvuno, Treasurer Freda Oosthuizen, General Secretary Solly Phetoe and Deputy General Secretary Gerald Twala. I wish the COSATU National Office Bearers a resounding success in their term of office,” said Solly Mapaila, SACP General Secretary.
The SACP welcomes the resolutions adopted by the COSATU National Congress to intensify the struggle to defend the gains of the workers and fight for their common interests as a class.
The working class in South Africa is ravaged by high levels of unemployment, poverty, and inequality. For example, in the second quarter of this year, 12,3 million active and discouraged work-seekers were unemployed. Millions of working-class households cannot make ends meet. This crisis of social reproduction results directly from the neoliberal policy regime the government imposed since 1996, the persisting legacy of colonial oppression, inclusive of apartheid, and global capitalist crises, the COVID-19 pandemic included.