Mantashe barred from addressing angry Cosatu delegates
Cosatu delegates did not mince their words:
"Asinamali...Hamba Gwede...We don't have money, leave Gwede!"
The boos and chants reverberated around Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand as Cosatu delegates barred ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe from addressing them.
He was due to deliver a message of support on behalf of the ANC at the trade union federation's 14th national congress in Midrand on Monday.
But Mantashe was booed off the stage by some 2 000 delegates.
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Workers said they're tired of empty promises from the ANC-led government.
Meanwhile, Zingiswa Losi, who's set to be elected for a second term as Cosatu president, highlighted unemployment as the country's number one crisis.
"Deteriorating generation capacity at Eskom, the failure by SITA (State Information Technology Agency) to provide reliable internet services to government, the numbers of vacancies at Home Affairs, the declining head count at SAPS, the never-ending infrastructure backlog in our schools, the list goes on."
