Turning the tables on the ruling Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape, trade union federation Cosatu has marked a report card for Premier Helen Zille and her cabinet.

It has been the habit of the DA to draw up a report card each year for the ANC government, and Tony Ehrenreich, the leader of Cosatu in the Western Cape has decided to take the idea and use it against the DA government.

Not surprisingly Cosatu does not mark the DA very highly. Zille personally gets an "A" for talking, but a lowly "F" for delivery.

"The Premier has spectacularly failed in providing leadership that brings all of the social partners and political parties to a partnership, that collaborates," Ehrenreich said. "The social cohesion that is a requirement of stable and growing economic and social development is no more developed than when she took office a year ago.

"The lack of visionary leadership that inspires the people behind a programme that responds to the social injury is obvious to all. The equal opportunity society is exposed as just a sophisticated model of preserving apartheid beneficiaries' privileges."

The Cosatu report card gives an "F" grade for education, health care, transport agriculture and housing.

Economic affairs gets a "D" saved by the effect of the World Cup on tourism.

Cosatu explained that in education, the huge inequalities of education between the kids in the shadows of Table Mountain and the kids on the Cape Flats still flourishes. We have seen no grand plan to equalise the resources at schools, or to assist the setting up of early learning centres in poorer communities.

"Just an attempt to put the blame on someone else, by attacking teachers."

On health care Cosatu sneers at the premier's face lift by claiming that Botox is still dished out to the middle and upper class women at the private hospitals in drums, whilst working family women cannot get the desperately needed cervical cancer facilities.

"There is still long queues at day hospitals, whilst access to the private hospitals are denied those without money, in spite of them having spare capacity," Ehrenreich said.

"The many new areas are still denied any plans for hospitals to be built, and there are no plans in place from the DA."

On Transport Cosatu said: "The first IRT (integrated rapid transit) route was built in the west corridor of Milnerton where public transport demand is the lowest. The taxis are still as erratic as ever with no regard for the DA as they do not have a clue as to social engagement and negotiations in a democracy. The trains are still underfunded and there has never been any comment from the MEC before he took up the portfolio, and I am not sure if he will suddenly develop passion for the sector. The bulk of the transport funding still goes to the wealthy and the DA is not making any radical changes here to prioritize the needs of public transport.

The "F" grade for housing is self evidenced, Cosatu said.

"People struggle to survive in the absence of the building of sufficient house construction," Ehrenreich said.

"The integration of communities is not a priority of this administration as they are silent on the attempts by the wealthy to keep out poor communities who won a land claims case."

Talking about the economy Ehrenreich said: "The economy appears to be beyond the ability of the equal opportunity society logic. The range of industrial and trade support measures that our trading partners provide is beyond the comprehension of the MEC. So factories continue closing and the DA says its natural market forces that we must accept, whilst those workers are plunged into destitution."