The trade union said although it welcomes the number of jobs created in the third quarter, the increases over the eight quarters are slow and present no hope of reducing unemployment from the current highs .
Trade union federations Cosatu and Saftu said that the minister must protect the public sector as he attempts to navigate South Africa’s fiscus and map a way forward for the country’s finances.
With a crippling fuel price hike in place for the month of October, unions and political parties say consumers will now be forced to choose between putting food on the table and spending a significant amount of their income on transport.