COSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget

Date: 9 Mar 1998
Updated: 6 Mar 2020

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) walked out of a parliamentary budget session on the grounds that its view was being ignored. COSATU had demanded a people's budget based on expansionary economic policies to promote growth and create jobs. Opposition parties also raised their discontent. The Democratic Party claimed that the budget made provision for high taxes, which would hamper both job creation and economic growth.

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01Keesing's 's Record of World Events, News Digest for March 1998, 42109.
02COSATU A brief history of COSATU from COSATU [online] Available at: www.cosatu.org.za [Accessed: 14 march 2014]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). COSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013354

South African History Online (2011) 'COSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013354 (Accessed: 4 October 2026).

South African History Online, COSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013354, (accessed 4 October 2026).

"COSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013354. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "COSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013354.