The 7 March strike to end labour broking and stop the introduction of electronic tolling (e-tolling) on Gauteng’s roads, organised by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), and supported by sister federation, the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu), and several civil society and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), can be seen as a demonstration of working-class associational power writes Elijah Chiwota.