(Source: COSATU - The Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU statement on SONA 19 June 2014 The Congress of South African Trade Unions notes Comrade President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address delivered on 17 June 2014. Before the speech COSATU issued an expectations statement, based on policies mandated by the COSATU 11th National Congress, in particular its call for radical socio-economic transformation - the Lula moment - and the reality of the massive crisis of unemployment, poverty and inequality. "Economic growth is at a snail's pace," said the statement, "and continues to concentrate the benefits disproportionately in the hands of the few. Unemployment and poverty...
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