About 1,3-million public servants affiliated to Cosatu and the Independent Labour Caucus will down tools on Tuesday.
A senior Cosatu leader has expressed fear that the looming public-service strike will damage the federation’s good relations with Jacob Zuma.
Representatives of public-sector unions affiliated to Cosatu are still finalising their decision on whether to join a nationwide pay strike.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions hopes to rope all sectors of society into maintaining the standards set during the Soccer World Cup.
Unions representing 1,3-million government workers are threatening to strike within two weeks.
Cosatu chief Zwelinzima Vavi need no longer fear disciplinary action after the ANC said charging him would not be the "right route to follow".
Now is not the time to cut funding for HIV/Aids, say the TAC, MSF and Cosatu, among others.
Key players in a reported bid by some ANC leaders to sanction Cosatu heavyweight Zwelinzima Vavi were tight-lipped about new rumours on Tuesday.
Cosatu chief Zwelinzima Vavi has received a death threat amid a furore over his complaint that allegations of corruption are not being investigated.
S’Dumo Dlamini speaks to the <i>M&G</i> about Cosatu’s relationship with President Jacob Zuma’s government.
ANC leaders have spoken out publicly for the first time in support of the party’s decision to charge Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
South African businesses have grown more worried about the direction of economic policy and the impact of above-inflation pay rises.
The ANC on Wednesday neither confirmed nor denied reports that Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi faces disciplinary charges.
Cosatu has threatened to pull out of an alliance with the ANC if the ANC persists with disciplinary charges against Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi.
Cosatu will stand by its general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, if the ANC brings disciplinary charges against him, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The African National Congress does not expect its labour ally, Cosatu, to embark on strike action during the Soccer World Cup.
A meeting at Nedlac in June will determine whether Cosatu members can down tools over high electricity tariffs, Cosatu said on Thursday.
Members of the tripartite alliance were not there to please one another, President Jacob Zuma said at a May Day rally in Durban on Saturday.
Politics will be seen as dirty if government officials continue to be corrupt, said Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Friday.
South Africa still has a lot to achieve before all South Africans are really free, the Congress of South African Trade Unions said on Monday.
The business interests of government officials pose the biggest threat to President Jacob Zuma’s administration, Cosatu warned this week.
The ANC was defiant this week about its involvement with Hitachi Power Africa, which secured a multibillion-rand contract with Eskom.
The tripartite alliance is not merely used for garnering votes for the ANC, party secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
The ANC and its alliance partner, Cosatu, resumed bilateral talks on Monday after they were put on hold last week.
Cosatu has expressed outrage that the death of Terre’Blanche has received so much attention while the treatment of farm workers is largely ignored.
Cosatu will on Thursday give Nedlac notice of its intention to strike over the 25% Eskom tariff increases.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is supportive of the campaign by local artists to benefit from the Soccer World Cup.
Cosatu expressed concern after the Public Protector found that former Eskom chairperson Valli Moosa had acted improperly when awarding a contract.
More than 10 000 learners gathered in Cape Town on Human Rights Day on March 21 to demand the government provides libraries for every school.
President Jacob Zuma has expressed concern about relations within the ruling alliance and about the conduct of national executive committee members.
President Jacob Zuma should declare his financial interests for the sake of the law and transparency, opposition parties said on Sunday.
Cosatu’s allegations of corruption against a group of ANC leaders was "reminiscent of grandstanding", the ruling party said on Saturday.