Eyewitness News 3.png Mantashe: COSATU Trying to Blackmail ANC At issue is COSATU's opposition to a new law on pensions signed by President Zuma Govan Whittles, Eye Witness News, Johannesburg, 16 January 2016 African National Congress (ANC) secretary general Gwede Mantashe has accused the Congress South African Trade Unions (COSATU) of trying to blackmail the party by threatening to campaign against the new pensions law while the ANC expects it to campaign for the elections. Gwede Mantashe 4.jpg COSATU says it will be mobilising its members to campaign against the Tax Administration Amendment Act after President Jacob Zuma signed it despite discussions at Nedlac continuing. The trade union federation says Zuma has divided the working class and launched an attack on the tripartite alliance. Mantashe says the ANC supports the new law signed by the president and workers will benefit from it. "When we formed the provident fund and never had space for preservation - that was one of the biggest mistake we made and majority of the workers get the lump sum and blow all that money and revert to poverty." The secretary general says COSATU's reaction is not unexpected. "In a year of elections everybody blackmails political parties and the fact is that we must engage and talk to each other." He says the ruling party will meet with the union on Monday when their comments will be discussed. From: <http://ewn.co.za/2016/01/15/Mantashe-accuses-Cosatu-of-trying-to-blackmail- ANC> http://ewn.co.za/2016/01/15/Mantashe-accuses-Cosatu-of-trying-to-blackmail-A NC -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
