By Wendy Tibe
Amalungu eCongress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) aye ezitalatweni kwilizwe liphela ngoMvulo, ethatha inxaxheba kuqhankqalazo lwesizwe lokufuna imisebenzi, imivuzo engcono, kunye nokuphucula iimeko zokusebenza.
Olu qhankqalazo, lumise ngxi ilizwe kwaye luvuthondaba lweenyanga zothethathethwano phakathi kweCOSATU norhulumente, oluthe lwasilela ukuvelisa iziphumo ezibambekayo. Iinkokeli zemibutho yabasebenzi zivakalise ukuphoxeka kukungakwazi kukarhulumente ukujongana neenkxalabo ezikhulayo zabasebenzi, ingakumbi xa bejongene nokunyuka kwentswela-ngqesho nentlupheko.
Ngokwemithombo, amawakawaka abasebenzi abasuka kumacandelo ngamacandelo, aquka ezemveliso, ezokwakha, neenkonzo zoluntu, bangenelele kolu qhankqalazo, nto leyo eye yamisa izixeko needolophu. Olu qhankqalazo lukwabone ukuvalwa koohola beendlela ezinkulu kunye neendlela ezinqumlayo, njengoko abaqhankqalazi bebeqhankqalaza bebonisa ngokuchasene nokusilela kukarhulumente ukujongana neemfuno zabo.
Iinkokeli zeCOSATU zenze isibhambathiso sokuqhubeka nolu qhankqalazo de kuhlangatyezwane namabango azo, zisithi azizukuthintelwa kukubanjwa, ukugrogriswa, okanye ezinye iindlela zokuxhatshazwa. Lo mbutho ukwafumene inkxaso kwimibutho eyahlukeneyo yoluntu, amaqela oluntu, kunye namaqela ezopolitiko, athe ayigxeka indlela urhulumente aphatha ngayo uqoqosho nokusilela kwakhe ukujongana neemfuno zabasebenzi.