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Article

30 Sep 2013

Author:
Bheki Mbwanjwa, Daily News (South Africa)

Cosatu to protest drivers' conditions [So. Africa]

Cosatu [Congress of South African Trade Unions] in KwaZulu-Natal will embark on industrial action aimed at highlighting the harsh working conditions of truck drivers. The labour federation...[will] hold a picket at the premises of Sagekal Logistics, the Phoenix truck company whose 18-wheeler truck was involved in the...crash which killed 23 people. The picket is planned for October 7, the International Day for Precarious Work. Cosatu provincial secretary, Zet Luzipho, said the company would be targeted because…it displayed some of the worst working conditions in KZN…He said it was possible that…employers were involved in facilitating fraudulent papers for drivers so that they could get cheap labour...Sagekal Logistics’ publicist, Lisa Sukdel, had not responded to questions and requests for comment...at the time of publication