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Losi tells ANC to clean up its act or it will lose at the polls and workers’ voices will be sidelined

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ancBusinessLive reports that Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi said on Monday that the ANC must rid itself of “corrupt elements” if it is to avoid suffering a crushing defeat in the 2024 general election.

In her address on the first day of the Cosatu conference in Midrand, Losi said the tripartite alliance, like any marriage, “has its ups and downs”, but stressed it remained the best “vehicle to advance the struggle of workers”. Losi told delegates: “The ANC and SACP [SA Communist Party] remain the most progressive and relevant political formations to drive the demands of the working class. The ANC is not perfect; it has made serious mistakes, it has battled to clean itself of the demons of factionalism and corruption ... Our task is to defend workers’ hard-won victories. Therefore, we must contest [for] the ANC and the alliance [made up of Cosatu, the SACP and the ANC] to ensure the voice of workers is heard and not sidelined.” Losi said in her opening address to the congress: “We must contest the ANC and alliance to ensure the voice of workers is not sidelined. Let’s help the ANC get rid of criminal elements if it wants to be saved.” Losi argued that workers could not afford an ANC electoral loss: “Winning the 2024 elections is not about ensuring jobs for comrades in Parliament. It is about defending the hard-won victories and rights of workers. We cannot afford to fail.” The congress at Gallager Estate in Midrand kicked off on Monday and will end on Thursday. Roughly 1,854 voting delegates are said to be in attendance.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nomazima Nkosi at BusinessLive
  • Read too, ANC still the best option for workers, Cosatu says, at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)


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