Thursday, May 28, 2009

Cosatu Says Will Meet With Zille

Cape Town - Cosatu, which has accused Western Cape Premier Helen Zille of insulting women and black people, says it is to meet her face to face on Monday.

Cosatu Western Cape secretary Tony Ehrenreich said on Thursday organised business had "intervened and essentially brokered a deal for a meeting to be held between the premier and ourselves".

"In good faith, Cosatu thus herewith suspends any action until the outcome of that meeting," he said.

However Zille's office said the premier's meeting was with the Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and that Cosatu had merely been invited along.

"It's to do with local economic development, issues around the economic downturn," said her spokesperson Robert Macdonald.

* News 24