Any show of support for the expelled general secretary could cost Cosatu employees and leaders their jobs.
The union federation is spending far more on the trappings of power and lavish lifestyles for its leaders than on its own workers.
Allegedly the main reason for Vavi’s expulsion was his "failure to fulfil his duties as secretary".
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi will not be resigning and says he will return to the trenches to try and mobilise workers.
Jacob Zuma has admitted that the state of the ANC’s leagues is a weakness within the organisation and has called on leaders not to interfere.
Zuma inherited a divided ANC from Mbeki, but the party heading to the council is now terminally ill.
Prosecutors and police are at loggerheads over who authorised a summons for Nxasana’s deputy.
Riah Phiyega has denied that a summons has been issued for deputy director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba, but the NPA insists otherwise.
President Zuma has elaborated on what he would do differently if parliamentary democracy did not get in his way so much.
The deputy director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba faces two charges of fraud and one count of perjury.