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[WATCH] “Run Zuma, run!” Cosatu member speaks out ahead of strike

Limpopo members gathered at the park on the corner of Excelsior and Landdros Maré streets, this morning.

POLOKWANE – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) have, today, embarked on a national strike on job losses, state capture and corruption.

While local members gathered to get ready for the Limpopo leg of the march, Review spoke to a Cosatu member about his thoughts on the march.

*The views or opinions expressed in this video are their own and no not necessarily represent the views of Northern Media Group.

The strike is currently underway and marchers are on Schoeman Street.

Members are marching to Checkers in Hans van Rensburg Street to protest against labour brokering, to the Office of the Premier to protest against state capture and corruption, and to the offices of Anglo American to protest against job losses in the mining sector.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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