Eight rebel unions who sympathise with Numsa and Vavi are working with them to try to force a discussion about the transformation of Cosatu.
Cosatu’s ally, the South African Communist Party, blames Cosatu’s debilitating divisions on their extensive inverstment portfolio.
SACP members will be meeting for its special national congress, where concerns about the ANC failing to fulfil its worker mandate will be addressed.
Both agree that South Africans simply cannot afford the proposed 25.3% increase, which would have a terrible impact on the economy and job creation.
Labour unions in wage negotiations have left the bargaining table, insisting that the state violated a recent increase agreement.
The trade union federation has told rebel unions to attend central executive committee meetings or face expulsion.
Three Cosatu affiliates have accused Sdumo Dlamini of using a CEC meeting to further their own agenda and have decided to boycott it.
Divisions in the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers’ Union over investments and a trust for members have spilled into court.
The NEC has said the trade union federation divisions remained unresolved because the factions ignored the recommendations of the ANC task team.
Unions are likely to accept the state’s latest public sector wage offer and bring to an end seven months of negotiations and the threat of a strike.
Cosatu’s policy is one sector, one union but there could be two, metalworker’s union if Numsa has its way.
Cosatu boss Sdumo Dlamini says the rebel unions had only identified unity and cohesion as issues they want to be addressed, not electing new leaders.
Trade union federation says it had planned to hold the meeting, but Numsa says legal intervention was needed to compel it to do so.
Zwelinzima Vavi will not appeal his expulsion from Cosatu as general secretary, unless it holds what he calls a legitimate congress.
Numsa and eight rebel Cosatu affiliates have asked the courts to intervene after eThekwini Municipality withdrew its earlier permission for a march.
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Lulamile Jack, leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association in Limpopo, has threatened to kill Zwelinzima Vavi for tearing Cosatu apart.
Zwelinzima Vavi is ready to fight for or against Cosatu, and he is leaving the decision of the direction of the battle in the hands of workers.
With mounting debts hanging over its head, the future existence of the SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union remains under threat.
The union federation is spending far more on the trappings of power and lavish lifestyles for its leaders than on its own workers.
The internal money problems are probably most damaging, as they reveal a state of financial mess more dire in magnitude than what Vavi is accused of.
Any show of support for the expelled general secretary could cost Cosatu employees and leaders their jobs.
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.
President Jacob Zuma has chastised leaders for sowing divisions within the tripartite alliance, and has called for a retreat to iron out the issues.
Saccawu is being sued for R30-million by its provident fund but has been given a last chance.
The trade union federation wants the government to fire senior fat cats to fund civil servant wage hikes.
The statements "seek to distort the findings" of the report by the commissioner who was tasked to conduct an inquiry into the affairs of Pamodzi.
Numsa may find a home at the other end of the political spectrum.
Cosatu admits it is facing financial difficulties, and is looking for long-term solutions to arrest the dire situation.