South Africa: Build for Continued Action Against the Bosses’ Budget!

24 February: Protest and Stay-Away against the bosses’ budget! Build for continued mass action! The Workers and Socialist Party (WASP) supports South African Federation of Trade Union’s call for a National Stay-Away on February 24, when finance minister Mboweni is set to deliver another dose of brutal austerity in his budget speech. It’s #TimeToFightBack — as […]

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South Africa: Major Victory for Clover Workers

ISA is proud of the role WASP played in mobilising support for the strike by Clover workers in South Africa, including international solidarity from Socialist Struggle Movement in Israeli-Palestine, where the headquarters of the company are located. After nine weeks of strike action, Clover workers have come out victorious with a collective agreement between Clover […]

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South Africa: Workers Unite Across Federations in Nationwide Strike Action

Awakening a giant: the mighty working class is on the march Workers from all major union federations turned up in the thousands for the 7 October #CosatuNationalStrike. SAFTU, NACTU and FEDUSA called on their members to support this action, marking an end to the long paralysis in the labour movement and a historic moment of working […]

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South Africa: Worker and student protests intensify

#OutsourcingMustFall campaign becomes point of reference for the working class Across South Africa protests and strikes by workers and students are continuing across the higher education sector. Protests at the University of the Free State (UFS) grabbed headlines on Monday night when protesting black workers and black students were attacked by white rugby supporters at […]

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South Africa: Metalworkers’ union expelled from COSATU

Rebuild the trade union movement on socialist principles! WASP Reporters The pro-African National Congress (ANC) right-wing of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) leadership has accomplished what the apartheid regime could not and split the 2.2 million-strong trade union federation. On the night of 7/8 November – dubbed the ‘night of the long […]

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