{"id":65299,"date":"2024-04-29T17:50:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/da-hits-back-at-cosatu-calling-it-an-enemy-of-the-unemployed"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:44:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:44:40","slug":"da-hits-back-at-cosatu-calling-it-an-enemy-of-the-unemployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/da-hits-back-at-cosatu-calling-it-an-enemy-of-the-unemployed","title":{"rendered":"DA hits back at Cosatu, calling it an ‘enemy of the unemployed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The DA has accused labour federation Cosatu of being an enemy of unemployed South Africans after its rejection of the DA’s proposed economic policy.<\/p>\n

The party unveiled its policy last week, saying if it wins the May 29 elections the minimum wage will not be increased \u201cany further\u201d and its monetary value will be allowed to be \u201ceroded\u201d by inflation.DA head of policy Matthew Cuthbert said the unemployment crisis was a result of the ANC, Cosatu and SACP alliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past 30 years, this unholy alliance has deliberately created a system of economic exclusion that has left South Africa with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world,\u201d said Cuthbert.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the policies implemented by the alliance the real monthly minimum wage for the 10-million people out of work is R0. A R0 minimum wage for 10-million people in South Africa is the true legacy of the ANC cronies in Cosatu.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DA’s policy document states not increasing the minimum wage will \u201callow inflation to gradually erode its value, thereby progressively providing more opportunities for individuals to enter the labour market at wages they find acceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n

The proposal has been slammed by Cosatu, which said the DA was proving to be a party hostile to workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cA farmworker wanting to be able to buy a loaf of bread and pay for transport, buy electricity and feed his children \u2014 that they have a problem with. The DA hates workers and wants them to be treated like slaves,\u201d claimed Cosatu parliamentary co-ordinator and acting national spokesperson Matthew Parks.<\/p>\n

However, Cuthbert said: \u201cSouth Africa\u2019s unemployment crisis was deliberately engineered by the alliance. Instead of delivering ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ as the ANC once pledged, the destructive laws enacted by the alliance over the past 30 years have deepened the insider-outsider stitch-up that characterises the South African economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cA small group of ANC and union cronies and cadres have benefited enormously from exclusionary practices such as cadre deployment, B-BBEE, race quotas and minimum wages while trapping nearly 10-million people in unemployment and 30-million people in grinding poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DA is not shaken by dissent and criticism of its policy positions and vows to usher in a new era of job creation should it ascend to government.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven as we uphold all fundamental protections for workers and employers as mandated by the constitution, this new government anchored by the DA will break down the walls of economic exclusion built by the ANC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will do so by scrapping job-killing policies such as cadre deployment, expropriation without compensation and the nationalisation of the Reserve Bank. We will replace race-based B-BBEE that only benefits cadres connected to the ANC and Cosatu with means-tested empowerment that truly benefits the 30-million impoverished people who need it.<\/p>\n

The DA would scrap export tariffs and open state-owned entities such as Eskom and Transnet to private investment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will give unemployed youth a leg up in the labour market through a youth employment opportunity certificate, which will allow holders to choose to opt out of laws that consign them to the R0 minimum wage created by the ANC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DA\u2019s youth employment opportunity certificate will enable unemployed young people to gain valuable work experience, earn a wage rather than be reliant on the state and allow them to move up the opportunity ladder.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DA’s policies would protect those already employed by leaving the minimum wage at its current level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will ensure those who are already employed will not see a decline in their wages while more unemployed people will progressively be able to gain a foothold on the employment ladder.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the alliance between the ANC, Cosatu and SACP has abused its power to build an economy that only benefits its own connected cadres, the incoming new government anchored by the DA will break down the walls of exclusion to ensure a growing economy with fair access to jobs for all,\u201d said Cuthbert.<\/p>\n

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