Meanwhile, the nationwide strike called by the Congress of South African Trade Unions is underway in major cities across South Africa. Cosatu says that government needs to be pressured to act against high unemployment and threats of job losses at state-owned enterprises. And, while unemployment remains Cosatu’s primary issue – recent announcements by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the unbundling of Eskom, the nation’s power supplier, has also served as a catalyst to the nationwide discontentment. The trade union federation has called on all workers, including teachers, to take to the streets during its national shutdown. Cosatu says it aims to bring productivity both in the public and private sector, to a standstill. Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi, who will be marching in Kwazulu-Natal, says unemployment and job losses are a national crisis.