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SAFTU says freedom without economic justice is an empty shell [SOUND]

# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says freedom without decent work, economic justice, dignity, safety, housing, without access to quality public services is not true freedom. Saftu’s spokesperson, Newton Masuku says South Africa today teeters on the precipice of failure. He says the material conditions of the working class have worsened to intolerable levels. He adds that while the political right to vote was achieved in 1994, economic liberation has been brutally deferred:

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