FEB 24 STRIKE | Let the Working Class Counter-Offensive Begin!
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FEB 24 STRIKE | Let the Working Class Counter-Offensive Begin!

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will embark on a Section 77 ‘general’ strike on Wednesday 24 February, the day that the budget is tabled in parliament. Because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the strike will overwhelmingly take the form of a ‘stay away’, with workers asked to remain at home. The Marxist Workers Party fully supports the strike.
ANNIVERSARY | One Year Since EPWP and CHW Union Buildings Slave Revolt
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ANNIVERSARY | One Year Since EPWP and CHW Union Buildings Slave Revolt

The Marxist Workers Party is marking the one year anniversary of the Gauteng Community Health Workers and EPWP workers’ march and sleep-over at Union Buildings. This took place on 12 and 13 February last year, during Ramaphosa’s 2020 “State of the Nation Address”. The action at Union Buildings last February was, we believe, the most significant workers’ movement event of 2020.
SSA | Zuma’s Parallel State & ‘Dirty Tricks’ Campaign Against the Workers’ Movement
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SSA | Zuma’s Parallel State & ‘Dirty Tricks’ Campaign Against the Workers’ Movement

Of all the new revelations at the Zondo Commission, it is crucial for the working class to register and digest the exposure of the ‘dirty tricks’ being used against the workers’ movement and other protest movements. Testimony at the Zondo Commission has again confirmed that the SSA was responsible for the creation of the Workers Association Union on the platinum belt in 2014, following the Marikana Massacre.