Cosatu’s ally, the South African Communist Party, blames Cosatu’s debilitating divisions on their extensive inverstment portfolio.
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said this week that it was time for independent regulation of the print media industry.
The ANC and Cosatu have welcomed the decision not to grant Eskom a tariff increase.
The SACP, regretful it created a cult around Zuma, is heading for a tripartite alliance meeting divided over what position to take.
The ANC Youth League is due to elect a new leader in the near future and these are the top contenders.
New National Union of Mineworkers general secretary David Sipunzi wants to rebuild bridges within the fractured trade union federation.
The trade union federation has told rebel unions to attend central executive committee meetings or face expulsion.
The metalworkers’ union, bleeding members and money, is electing leaders who will have to stop the rot.
The ruling party admits that it has heeded only one recommendation of its much-vaunted integrity commission that was set up in 2013.
Three Cosatu affiliates have accused Sdumo Dlamini of using a CEC meeting to further their own agenda and have decided to boycott it.