Red versus Blue: The broken side of protest
- 15 May 2012 04:46 - Staff Reporter
- The DA says it will take legal action against Cosatu leaders for what it calls intimidation, incitement of violence and holding an illegal gathering.
March on Cosatu: Stay home today, ANC tells DA
- 15 May 2012 06:45 - Faranaaz Parker
- The ANC has asked the Democratic Alliance to abandon its "mind-boggling" decision to march on Cosatu's head office in the Johannesburg city centre.
Numsa throws down the gauntlet to DA
- 05 May 2012 18:31 - Staff Reporter
- Numsa General Secretary Irvin Jim has warned the DA and "white capitalist class" that "if they now want direct confrontation, they will get it".
Unionists to choose sides
- 23 Mar 2012 00:00 - Matuma Letsoalo
- The ANC has been keeping a close eye on two union leadership contests, namely the National Union of Mineworkers and National Union of Metalworkers.
Sadtu boss in hot water over info Bill
- 02 Dec 2011 15:52 - Staff Reporter
- Thobile Ntola, the president of Sadtu, criticised the info Bill publicly without debating it within the teachers' union, leaders say.
Vavi gets flak over 'lack of leadership'
- 14 Aug 2011 14:49 - Staff Reporter
- The NUM has blamed a lack of leadership by Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi for its row with Numsa.
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Mthethwa denies reports of Numsa security meeting
- 13 Aug 2011 12:08 - Staff Reporter
- Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Saturday denied reports that he was asked to provide security for Numsa secretary general Irvin Jim.
Irvin Jim asks for VIP police protection
- 12 Aug 2011 00:00 - Ngoako Matsha
- Numsa is convinced Irvin Jim's leadership ambition is placing his life in danger.
'Cosatu isn't falling apart'
- 10 Aug 2011 19:37 - Janice Roberts
- Cosatu has said it is not in disarray after an advert in the Sowetan by Numsa dealt with federation leader Zwelinzima Vavi's succession.
Jimmying up the battle for succession
- 08 Jul 2011 00:00 - Matuma Letsoalo
- Numsa boss Irvin Jim, who is leading the national metal and engineering workers' union wage strike, has been touted as a possible successor to Vavi.
Numsa throws down the steel gauntlet
- 04 Jul 2011 17:31 - Nickolaus Bauer
- The nationwide strike by 170 000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA is expected to bring the steel industry to a standstill.
Numsa rejects new growth path
- 10 Dec 2010 10:53 - Matuma Letsoalo
- Metal workers union has added its voice to rejection of government's new growth path.
'What Freedom Charter are they reading?' asks Irvin Jim
- 20 Nov 2009 10:03 - Matuma Letsoalo
- New faces of militancy in Cosatu have emerged following the expulsion of Willie Madisha.
Numsa threatens mass action over rates
- 01 Jun 2009 13:12 - Staff Reporter
- Numsa will on Monday ask all Cosatu affiliates to join a national rolling mass action, should the Reserve Bank not cut interest rates.
