2005-11-22,+COSATU+-+Jobs,+poverty+campaign+hits+KZN,+Limpopo


 * Media alert**

= **Jobs and poverty campaign hits KZN and Limpopo** =

Thousands of workers in KwaZulu Natal and Limpopo provinces will be staying away from work and joining protest marches on Monday 24 October, in the final action of this phase of COSATU’s Jobs and Poverty campaign. They will be protesting at the unacceptable levels of unemployment and poverty, racism in the workplace and the growth of casualisation and worsening of wages and conditions. Below are the details of the marches and the speakers.

Paul Notyhawa (Spokesperson), Congress of South African Trade Unions

1-5 Leyds Cnr Biccard Streets, Braamfontein, 2017

P.O.Box 1019, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa

Cell: 082 4911 591, Tel: +27 11 339-4911/24, Fax: +27 11 339-5080/6940, E-Mail: paul@cosatu.org.za


 * Province || Venue || **Time** || **Contact Persons** || **Speaker** ||
 * Limpopo || Polokwane: gather at SABC Park and deliver memorandum to DOL and Edgars Store || 10h00 || Jan Tsiane 082 448 5099 || COSATU President - Willie Madisha ||
 * KwaZulu Natal || Durban: gather at Curries Fountain and deliver memorandum at City Hall Pietermaritzburg: gather at Freedom Square and deliver memorandum to Legislature in Long Market Street Portshepstone: Vryheid: gather at Cecil Emmet Hall parking and march to Municipality Building, Mayor to receive memorandum Umhlatuza (Richards Bay): gather at ZCBF (Zululand Commercial Business Forum) offices and march to Municipality offices in the CBD Newcastle: gather at Municipality Clinic in Sutherland Street and deliver memorandum to DOL, open space behind NN Library in Scott Street || 10h00 || Mthokozisi 073 354 7943 Louw Dladla 082 843 2442 Zethu Hlope 083 733 4571 Fikile Khumalo 082 3707001 || NUM G.S. - Gwede Mantashe COSATU Deputy President - Joe Nkosi Provincial Leader Provincial Leader Provincial Leader COSATU 2nd Deputy President - Violet Seboni ||