SAFTU calls for a national employment strategy that ties monetary policy [SOUND]

# Union federation Saftu is calling for a national employment strategy that ties monetary policy to a broader industrialisation plan, ensuring job creation through state-led investment and local industry support. This follows the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent. Saftu’s spokesperson, Asive Dyani, says they see the decision as nothing but a policy position intended to prioritise the interests of financial capital over those of the working class: