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SAFTU &FAWU: STOP THE WHOLESALING OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ECONOMYPRODUCE HERE OR DON’T SELL HERE: DEFEND JOBS, DEFEND FACTORIES AND WORKERS. | SA News


The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) and its affiliate, the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), on Thursday 29 January briefed the media on the deepening national crisis of factory closures, retrenchments and deindustrialisation following our engagement with BritishAmerican Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) regarding the proposed closure of its Heidelberg manufacturing plant.
 
This closure threatens more than 200 direct jobs and thousands of dependants. In South Africa, one worker feeds an entire family.With 43% expanded unemployment, every job lost is a social catastrophe. South Africa cannot afford another factory closure.
 
South Africa is being reduced to a warehouse…

Rugby: Rugby is one of the most popular sports in South Africa, with the national
team, the Springboks, winning the Rugby World Cup three times (1995, 2007, 2019).

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