Cosatu is the biggest union federation in the country, followed by the Federation of Unions of South Africa with about 400 000 members.
Highlights from our interview with Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. Did Cosatu fail at Marikana? Will Vavi run for an ANC position? This, and more.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi speaks to the Mail & Guardian about a wide range of issues, including the likelihood of more union splits.
Cosatu has been accused of meddling in Swaziland’s affairs after it publicly declared its support for the People’s United Democratic Movement.
The suggestion, presented with a sprinkling of muti, is that the 34 miners would not have been shot dead if some unseen hand had not been at work.
Cosatu will lobby for radical policy changes during its national conference next month, including the abolition of land ownership by foreigners.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has been dealt a double blow, losing two allies weeks before the labour federation’s national conference.
NUM must ask itself how it has lost control of the mineworkers and ceding its majority to an even more disorganised unit, writes Rapule Tabane.
Vavi has admitted that the Cosatu’s preoccupation with ANC politics is resulting in a growing distance between union leaders and its membership.
Cosatu condemned the news on Tuesday that treasury had donated $2-billion to an IMF "firewall" meant to prevent future financial crises.
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi says government’s application to the Constitutional Court to scrap a court order halting e-tolling, will fail.
Public servants must be reasonable in their wage demands, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, a KwaZulu-Natal radio station reported.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi called on workers to prepare "for the mother of all battles" to be waged against labour brokers in 2011.