Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapela has declared Cosatu’s suspension of its general secretary invalid, setting aside the order.
Judgment on the bid by Cosatu’s Vavi to have his suspension set aside is expected to be delivered by the high court in Johannesburg on Friday.
Trade union federation president S’dumo Dlamini says Cosatu is going through a difficult period as the battle over Zwelinzima Vavi continues.
Suspended Cosatu boss Zwelinzima Vavi doesn’t need a judgment to be vindicated, say backers.
Zwelinzima Vavi has created a website to publicise the "facts" about his Cosatu suspension and his "views and thoughts on issues that keep him awake".
Numsa has responded to Cosatu about why it should not be expelled, says union president Andrew Chirwa.
Eastern Cape’s Sadtu has threatened to withhold R2-million in membership fees from Cosatu in protest against the suspension of Zwelinzima Vavi.
Demands for the reinstatement of suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi undermine its internal processes, it said on Tuesday.
Sdumo Dlamini was forced to leave a Cosatu meeting before he finished his speech after he was disrupted by pro-Zwelinzima Vavi songs.
Cosatu has adopted a legal report that probes, among others, a possible conflict of interest concerning suspended general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
Cosatu has cautiously welcomed Minister Pravin Gordhan’s budget speech, while Numsa reiterated its rejection of the employment tax incentive scheme.
Costly strikes and affiliate unions’ failure to pay membership fees have left the trade union federation in the red.
With Cosatu a shadow of its former self, the EFF and Amcu are taking up the banner for South Africa’s increasingly militant poor, writes Jay Naidoo.
Numsa says it won’t respond to Cosatu’s demands about whether the union should be suspended or expelled until it received certain documentation.
The National Union of Mineworkers has hit out at metalworkers’ union Numsa for "attacking and making threats" against Cosatu.
Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini says ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi must address the auditor’s findings against him.
Nine unions have accussed Cosatu’s leadership of wanting to please political masters and manipulating a central executive committee meeting.
The trade union federation has pinpointed transformation of South Africa’s economy as the long-term solution to curbing violent strikes and protests.
This week, the DA has march drama, Zwelinzima Vavi threatens to sue Cosatu, France and the US get cozy, and an exhibition is plagued by disagreements.
Threats of suspension or expulsion have failed to shake the nine Cosatu affiliates that want the union federation’s president Sdumo Dlamini removed.
Zwelinzima Vavi says he intends on suing the union federation and an auditing firm for defamation after a report on his conduct was made public.
Suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says he will not respond to the merits of a forensic report released as he had not seen it.
Numsa leader Irvin Jim has threatened to take Cosatu to court over its central committee’s refusal to hold a special national congress.
After declining a request for a special conference, Cosatu has asked its largest affiliate to provide reasons for not being suspended – or expelled.
The Cosatu central executive committee has decided not to hold a special congress, despite a request from nine of the federation’s affiliates.
Numsa is planning its break with the ANC carefully, if its political school is much to go by, and preparing the way for a distinct labour movement.
Suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi wants to testify at the Khayelitsha commission following a relative’s murder in the area.
Cosatu affiliates at loggerheads with union federation bosses will still vote with their hearts, for the ANC.
Cosatu affiliates have given the trade union federation a deadline to convene a special congress or face "extraordinary measures".
The Democratic Alliance is waiting for the police to give it the go-ahead for its fight-for-jobs march to the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters.
Cosatu has denied any involvement in leaking suspended general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s charge sheet to the media.
KwaZulu-Natal Cosatu secretary Zet Luzipo called on the federation’s affiliate members with grievances about ANC policies to engage with the party.