09 May 2013
The Congress of South African Trade Union
has welcomed the prosecution of colluding constructions firms.
Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel
announced in Parliament that the construction companies guilty of collusion in
the awarding of contracts face fines running into billions of rands.
Cosatu says the root of corruption lie in
the private sector.
Cosatu Spokesperson Patrick Craven said Cosatu
is often accused of being opposed to the system of a free enterprise and free
competition, but their argument is that much of society is not dominated by the
free market but is filled with monopolies and cartels.
“We have had cases of collusion and price
fixing in the bread, dairy, pharmaceutical and milling industries; the Minister
has announced investigations into the private health sector and the glass
industry” Craven added.
Craven also said clearly a problem existed.
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