Protests Ahead of S.A 2019 Budget Speech

S.A trade union, COSATU rallies members to protest against job losses ahead of S.A 2019 budget speech

The trade union federation in South Africa under the umbrella body; COSATU, has rallied its members to protest against job losses as the country's finance minister, Tito Mboweni prepared to present annual budget speech. It was however, observed that the South African Rand went down against the dollar just few hours to the presentation of the annual budget by the finance minister, laying down government's plans to resolve the crisis plaguing the state runned power company, ESKOM.