SOUTH AFRICANS PROTEST AGAINST ‘CORRUPT’ GOVERNMENT

Thousands of workers have taken to the streets in cities across South

Africa to protest against government

corruption, state capture and job

losses.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), both in alliance with the

ruling ANC, say the strike on Wednesday is

largely against corruption, but the call to take to the streets is also seen as an indictment against President Jacob Zuma. Protests

took place in Johannesburg, Cape Town and

Durban, among other cities, with marchers carrying ‘Zuma Must Fall’ placards and

singing anti-Zuma songs.

COSATU wants Zuma to appoint a judicial

commission of inquiry to investigate state

corruption. In a statement released by COSATU, the union confederation said “corruption has become endemic under this

administration”.

This calls for all of us as workers and citizens to stand up and push back against this rot.”

“People are tired of the internal processes [of the ANC] and they want leaders to get on with their jobs.

“This mass action is a show of force and this is what democracy is about,” a political

analyst Ebrahim

Fakir said.