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Cosatu/DA coalition: great idea, but not too realistic

Posted by Ian Ollis on Saturday, May 28, 2011,

There are many good reasons why the DA and Cosatu should find themselves at the same table and work together for the benefit of South Africa. And yet, there are almost as many reasons why such coalition will not work.

It has been mooted before that there would be distinct advantages to a proposed governing coalition between the Democratic Alliance and the Congress of SA Trade Unions to seize power from the ANC, provide an alternative government and force ...


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Speech by DA Parliamentary leader Athol Trollip, on the commemoration of Africa Day to National Assembly

Posted by Ian Ollis on Tuesday, May 25, 2010,

25th May 2010


Today is a symbolic day that must focus our attention on celebration as well as stock taking.

It has been just more than 50 years since the first president of a post-colonial African state, Kwame Nkrumah said, "Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their own and none can keep it from them".

Since then Africa, state by state, has systematically claimed its freedom from its colonizers. Sadly many of these states have take...


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Labour Broking

Posted by Ian Ollis on Friday, October 16, 2009,
Labour Broking is the big thing in my portfolio at present. Our joint policy with the Congress of the People can be found here.

The past two weeks have seen many public hearings on the subject of labour broking. With Fedusa having a similar view to us as, coupled with the Deputy President's comments about a total ban on labour broking not being the view of the ruling ANC, together with rumours of divisions within the trade union federation, Cosatu, and in the ANC, it looks as though the tripar...

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