ANC head of economic transformation Enoch Godongwana insists Cosatu’s recent resolution is not economically viable and borders on unconstitutional.
Could the new Cosatu general secretary, Bheki Ntshalintshali, be the answer to its recent troubled history?
Addressing the Cosatu national congress, Nzimande launched a veiled attack against factions he believes are trying to derail the tripartite alliance.
Despite resistance from Fawu, five out of six national leaders retained their positions uncontested – Zwelinzima Vavi the only exception.
Despite resistance from Fawu, five out of six national leaders retained their positions uncontested – Zwelinzima Vavi the only exception.
Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini says the organisation needs more money than it has to fund its national congress.
Second deputy president Zingiswa Losi would be the first female general secretary if certain senior union federation leaders get their way.
Thousands marched in support of Cosatu’s call for a nationwide strike, delivering demands for jobs, e-toll scrapping, a wealth tax and minimum wage.
On Wednesday, any worker who wants to go on strike, can do so. Every town across SA is being urged to join the first of two protected mass strikes.
Between the second quarters of 2014 and 2015, union membership in South Africa decreased by 17 000 members.
Cosatu is not encouraged to support the "all white" Springbok team that will take on the All Blacks, says provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich.
The Cosatu congress has been called a bloody nose for the progressive side of labour left. Does it mean a kick in the shins for Numsa’s United Front?
Support for the trade union federation’s ex-general secretary seems to be waning and his allies splintering.
Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini has called on rebel unions aligned with Numsa and former general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi to "free themselves".
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.
This is a time to embrace working-class unity and challenge the status quo of capitalist oppression.
His dissident views made him a renegade communist, but a new biography confirms Harold Wolpe as an influential radical voice.
Numsa and eight rebel Cosatu affiliates have asked the courts to intervene after eThekwini Municipality withdrew its earlier permission for a march.
Lulamile Jack, leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association in Limpopo, has threatened to kill Zwelinzima Vavi for tearing Cosatu apart.