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President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the government, business, labour and communities were discussing what trade-offs would be needed to achieve a new social compact that would allow major economic reforms and address widening poverty and inequality.
Plato wrote in The Republic, “And so tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.”[1]The Founding Fathers despised democracies. They desired democratic principles, but not a democracy. As Plato decrees above, a .10/11/2021 20:24:15PM EST.
Before we begin, allow me first to acknowledge and mourn the loss of our dear comrades, the late General Secretaries of the National Union of Mineworkers, David Siphunzi and Koena Ramatlou of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union and John Dlamini, the former President of SAMWU, amongst many other comrades, friends and families whom we have lost over this past painful year.
Democrats are NOT satisfied with minor political changes, and the temporary power they hold. They want to ensure a permanent hold on their power, so they need to make massive political and social changes
We must create a new social compact for work and workers that commits all stakeholders,...