Cosatu’s bargaining conference is ‘disgusted’ at members sowing division following reports of auditors investigating Zwelinzima Vavi.
The labour federation’s dismissal of the plan as a reworking of government’s ’90s-era Gear strategy could be a sign of growing divisions.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is on a dangerous, downward slope, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has said.
Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi could find himself out in the cold in as little as three months, if his adversaries in the federation have their way.
The ANC appears to have been swayed by Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s insistence on changes to the Bill, writes Andisiwe Makinana.
Clashes between SAPS, miners and trade unionists show the political standoff developing in the North West’s platinum mining belt will deepen.
Some Cosatu marchers who arrived in Rustenburg were chased away by a group of striking Anglo Platinum workers dressed in black T-shirts.
Cosatu, during their protest march in Rustenburg, vowed that all dismissed Anglo American Platinum mineworkers would be reinstated.
Government has stuck to its guns on the "user pays" principle and placed the cost of paying for controversial e-tolls squarely on Gauteng residents.
Cosatu has announced that it will back President Jacob Zuma for a second term as ANC leader at the party’s elective conference in December.
The truck drivers’ strike enters its fourth week and the transport industry has been stretched – but not yet to breaking point.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says discussions on reopening wage negotiations with striking mineworkers will begin on Thursday.
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi has warned the government not to "steam ahead" on tolls, saying the unions would continue to resist any attempt to tax roads.
The comical lost and found announcements at Cosatu’s elective conference provided light relief during the four-day event, writes Verashni Pillay.
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The battle lines have been drawn as opposing factions within Cosatu square off for a fierce contest that threatens to paralyse the organisation.
Analysts are predicting that events at Lonmin’s mine in Marikana will heavily influence next week’s Cosatu national congress.
Cosatu hits back after some of its affiliates the Communication Workers’ Union and South African Democratic Nurses’Union are deregistered.
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Cosatu wants a solution to the deadlock over public service wage negotiations as soon as possible.
A new study shows that BEE leaders who succeeded in through political clout rather than entrepreneurial initiative are no longer regarded as iconic.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says education and knowledge are embedded in class relations, and income inequality is still racialised.
A Gauteng union official claims there is evidence that the DA caused the violence that broke out when it marched on Cosatu’s Johannesburg offices.
A Numsa report, due to be presented to the union’s 9th national congress in Durban, claims the ANC is in trouble and has left the masses leaderless.
Municipal workers have rejected a 6.5% hike on offer, saying it does not take into account the "devastating effects" of increasing inflation on wages.
The Democratic Alliance has accused President Jacob Zuma of being afraid to make tough choices that would benefit many unemployed young people.
The DA says it will take legal action against Cosatu leaders for what it calls intimidation, incitement of violence and holding an illegal gathering.
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.
The fight against tolling was the hot topic of Workers’ Day as Cosatu and the SACP promised to step up their campaign against the government’s plans.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it will continue its fight against the e-tolling project until the tolls have "finally been scrapped".
The ANC and Cosatu have agreed to ask Cabinet to postpone implementation of the e-tolls for a month "to explore alternative funding".
Corruption Watch shows massive gaps between the public’s experience of JMPD corruption and the metro cops’ recognition of the problem.