where are the other ministers of the economic cluster in the cabinet on this issue they are silent south africa lost more manpower days in twenty eleven due to cosatu strikes against the zuma government in comparison with strikes against the de klerk government in a single year cosatu and its allies in the cabinet should realise that the role of cosatu in terms of the new labour dispensation and the shrinking of the state wage bill will be vital if we want to be successful we need a more uniform reaction from cabinet on these issues