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Using Cosatu

  • In the example corpus, cosatu often appears in combinations such as: and cosatu, unions cosatu, cosatu have.

Context around Cosatu

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

unions 3× federation 1× leave 1× address 1× today 1×

Often after:

affiliate 1× calls 1× urges 1× incorporated 1× launched 1×

Sentence patterns with Cosatu

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

affiliated to cosatu have rejected 1× africa after cosatu incorporated it 1× and that cosatu could not 1× belonging to cosatu affiliate the 1× cosatu and sasbo 1× cosatu calls for 1× cosatu the confederation 1× cosatu urges the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the congress of 2× busa however held 1× cosatu and sasbo 1× cosatu calls for 1× cosatu the confederation 1× cosatu urges the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a new process 1× criticised by others 1× formed in 1983 1× high unemployment rate 1× in the province 1× public sector unions 1×

Words around Cosatu

Just before it in the word index:

cosas 2 cosanti 4 cosan 7 cosafa 47 cosa 29 cos 162

Just after it in the word index:

cosbaby 3 cosby 274 coscarelli 2 coscharis 3 coschignano 4 coscia 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulai 27 abhinandan 27 abhor 27 abo 27 abscesses 27 abul 27

Corpus analysis for Cosatu

  • In this selection, "cosatu" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, unions, federation, leave, affiliate, calls and urges stand out and add context to how "cosatu" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include affiliated to cosatu have rejected and africa after cosatu incorporated it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cosatu" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cosatu

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Don’t Cosatu have somewhere to march to? (8 words)

So significant has been this development that today Cosatu is dominated by public sector unions. (15 words)

She said Ramaphosa should act on some of the concerns raised by Cosatu on a range of issues. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

COSATU urges the newly appointed Minister for Employment and Labour, Ms. Nomakhosazana Meth to ensure the Department is fully capacitated to act upon the findings of the Commission of Employment Equity report with the urgency it deserves. (37 words)

Mathe said that, though there seems to be an expectation that the union would leave Cosatu to join its competition, the South African Federation of Trade Unions, there is no such intention from the union’s leadership. (37 words)

Cosatu -- the Confederation of South African Trade Unions -- clashed with the ANC by calling for Zuma to step down, while the Communist Party threatened to campaign as a standalone party against ANC in the upcoming elections. (36 words)

Question examples

Don’t Cosatu have somewhere to march to? (8 words)

Example sentences (18)

Demonstrators hold placards reading ‘No To High Food Prices’ during a national strike day of action march over the high cost of living, organised by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

She said Ramaphosa should act on some of the concerns raised by Cosatu on a range of issues.

The medics belonging to Cosatu affiliate, the SA Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) took to the streets in four provinces on Thursday, demanding employment.

COSATU calls for the expansion of the Presidential Employment Programme to accommodate at least 2 million participants to help address the high unemployment rate.

COSATU urges the newly appointed Minister for Employment and Labour, Ms. Nomakhosazana Meth to ensure the Department is fully capacitated to act upon the findings of the Commission of Employment Equity report with the urgency it deserves.

Several decades later it became widely used in South Africa after Cosatu incorporated it into its logo when it was formed in 1983.

Don’t Cosatu have somewhere to march to?

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in the Western Cape says that it is deeply concerned over the “alarming rate on increase” in Covid-19 infections in the province.

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The PSA and other trade unions affiliated to Cosatu have rejected the settlement offer, opting to forge ahead with suing the government at the Labour Appeal Court to enforce the wage agreement.

Trade union federation Cosatu has endorsed the call by the health organisations — but the call was heavily criticised by others.

Busa, however, held that the two-year period was too lengthy and that Cosatu could not rely on that earlier notice.

Cosatu and Sasbo were ordered to spread the word about the ruling and to advise their members that the intended protest action was unlawful and in breach of the Labour Relations Act (LRA).

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) launched in Durban in 1985 and often worked closely with the United Democratic Front (UDF), launched in Cape Town in 1983.

The result was that Sasbo and Cosatu had to go back to Nedlac and initiate a new process.

Cosatu -- the Confederation of South African Trade Unions -- clashed with the ANC by calling for Zuma to step down, while the Communist Party threatened to campaign as a standalone party against ANC in the upcoming elections.

Mathe said that, though there seems to be an expectation that the union would leave Cosatu to join its competition, the South African Federation of Trade Unions, there is no such intention from the union’s leadership.

Ntshalintshali warned that if Parliment failed to address Cosatu’s submissions made to it on the VAT increase, the trade union federation would mobilise its members for a strike in objection to the VAT increase.

So significant has been this development that today Cosatu is dominated by public sector unions.

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Common combinations with cosatu

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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