Supporters of suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s reinstatement have called for consistency in dealing with sexual indiscretion.
Numsa has warned it will not campaign for the ANC if the party includes the National Development Plan in its current form in its election manifesto.
The National Union Metalworkers of South Africa will not campaign for the ANC unless the National Development Plan is scrapped, insists Irvin Jim.
President Jacob Zuma has praised national police commissioner Riah Phiyega and called on countries to rely on the UN to intervene in Syria.
President Jacob Zuma believes Cosatu still has a critical role to play in the ANC.
Replacing KwaZulu-Natal’s premier will not be easy as the president and ANC members have contrary views on who should take Zweli Mkhize’s seat.
The isolation of Cosatu’s general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is said to foreshadow a split in trade union federation’s ranks.
Thobile Ntola, president of teacher union Sadtu, has become the first casualty of the intense battle to remove the federation’s Zwelinzima Vavi.
Unions are fuming over Pravin Gordhan’s decision to slash bonuses while remaining silent on Nkandla. But an official says his silence is political.
Zwelinzima Vavi’s foes in the trade federation say he has brought Cosatu into disrepute and must face the music.