Global Day of Act 25-01-08 |
World Social Forum Global Day Activities for 26th January 2008 – COSATU statement
COSATU is mobilising its members throughout the country this week as our contribution to the World Social Forum Global Day of Action. (The full list of activities is below).
Our main focus will be on workers’ rights, reform of the international trade structure and international solidarity. We live in a world where the rich are getting richer while the vast majority of the world’s population are still living in dire poverty, dying from curable diseases, denied the right to decent work and lacking basic services. The looming economic recession could bring even greater misery to the majority. We know that at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, the representatives of the rich and powerful will do nothing to improve the situation. That is why we fully support the World Social Forum’s Global Day of Action for a better world, and an end to poverty, unemployment, inequality and exploitation.
Among the important issues we shall be highlighting are:
The provision of basic services - housing allocation, transport and health care;
Opposition to privatisation and outsourcing;
Food prices, particularly the rocketing cost of bread;
Free education for all children;
Job creation, decent work for all and full protection for workers whose jobs have been casualised;
Continuing the campaign to prevent and treat HIV/Aids
Safety and security, especially for farm workers and dwellers, who face terrible working conditions, evictions and racist violence;
Reform of the world trade regime to allow better access to the markets of the rich countries by developing nations;
International solidarity with workers in struggle, including Palestine, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Burma, Kenya and Pakistan.
World Social Forum Global Day Activities for 26th January 2008
Province
Activity
Venue and Time
Focus Issues
Contact Persons and numbers
1. Western Cape
Rally and Picket
Memorandum to be handed
Cape Town - Parliament, (corner Roeland and Plein streets)
10h00 to 14h00
Basic Services (housing allocation, transport & health care)
Food Price (bread)
Tony Ehrenreich 082 773 3194
Mike Louw 084 477 7104
(021) 448 0045
2. North West
(Activity took place on Thursday 24th January due to the mass funerals in the community)
March
Memorandum to be handed to Safety and Security and Justice Ministers
Gather at Skielik Informal Settlement
March to Swartruggens Police Station
07h30 to 12h00
Justice, Safety and Security
(Killings of farm workers and community members)
Solly Phetoe 082 304 4055
(018) 462 2406
3. Gauteng
March
Memorandums to be handed to Premier and MEC
Johannesburg - Gather at Workers Library car park (corner Mirriam Makeba Jeppe streets)
11h00
March to Premiers Office (30 Simmonds St) and Department of Finance and Economic Affairs (Matlotlo Building in Main Street)
March back to Workers Library, 15h00
International Solidarity
Economic and Trade Issues
Public Services (Health, Transport and Education)
Siphiwe Mgcina 082 465 8336
Matserane Wa Mapena 083 587 2766
(011) 873 2610
4. Limpopo
Demonstrations and Picket
Memorandum to be handed over to MEC
Polokwane - Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism
20 Hans Van Rensburg Street
10h00 to 14h00
Farm workers (moratorium on evictions)
Employment policies (to include disabled and integration of youth)
Public and Basic Services (Stop privatisation and removal of taxes on basic food)
Health Services (HIV/AIDS and revival of structures)
Jan Tsiane 082 448 5099
Jantie Chiloane 079 620 6496
(015) 2912981
5. KwaZulu Natal
Conference to develop WSF strategy (70 delegates from COSATU affiliates will participate)
Durban – Diakonia Centre, 20 St Andrew's Street
10h00 to 16h00
Health Services and HIV/AIDS
Decent Work (plight of farm workers)
Economic issues
Justice for all
Zet Luzipho 072 884 3456
Mthokozisi Khuboni 073 354 7943
(031) 304 1690
6. Eastern Cape
Demonstrations and Pickets
East London - Buffalo City Municipality (City Hall)
10h00 to 14h00
International Solidarity
Health Services (OSD)
Free Education
Decent work and Job Creation
HIV/AIDS (ARV sites and roll out)
Xola Phakathi 082 752 6504
Mandla Rayi 072 129 3010
(043) 743 1951
7. Free State
Demonstrations and Pickets
Bloemfontein - National Hospital, Cnr. Kolbe Avenue and Roth Street
Qwaqwa - Mofumahali Manapo Mopeli Hospital, Motebang Street Phuthaditjhaba
Welkom - Bongani Hospital, Mothusi Road, Thabong
10h00 to 12h00
Health Services (delivery of services, privatisation)
Sibongile Makae 082 967 3016
Sam Mashinini 082 563 6954
James Tyotyo 082 319 2999
(051) 447 5499
8. Northern Cape
Demonstration and Pickets
Kimberley - Du Toitspan Road, Kimberley Hospital Complex
De Aar - Visser Street, De Aar
Upington - Gordonia Hospital, Schroeder Street, Upington
10h00 to 12h00
Health Services (privatisation, conditions of employment)
Bonny Marekwa 083 478 7083
Nkosana Dolopi 083 233 3459
Robert Gladile 082 455 2711
9. Mpumalanga
Rally
Bushbuckridge - Bohlabelo Region
(Acornhoek Technical College)
09h00
Celebrations of January 08 Statement
Basic Services
Norman Mokoena 082 803 6712
Fidel Mlombo 079 025 0251
(013) 656 0289