Zwelinzima Vavi says the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the NUM will take forward mineworkers’ demands for better wages in all sectors.
On Monday, the long lie that is the ANC pre-conference embargo on "leadership contestation" finally ends.
Cosatu holds its ground, the e-tolls plot thickens, South Africans perish in Kabul and the naked truth about Kate. Watch Weekend 101 to stay in the know.
Cosatu’s conference is over, its leadership unchanged and Mangaung lies ahead. Watch our weekly live video featuring your questions and our reporters.
The ANC smells a Marikana rat and the Cosatu national congress could be a preview of what’s to come in Mangaung.
Speaking ahead of its national congress Cosatu has hinted that it will push for a national minimum wage to be legislated across all sectors.
In this week’s M&G: Cosatu at a crossroads, Mangaung and Malema’s mining revolution. Watch our live blog with reporter Matuma Letsoalo.
The anti-Zuma campaign begins to take shape and the Cosatu congress looms – the outcome of which is sure to prove decisive on the road to Mangaung.
The Democratic Alliance has held a picket at the Union Buildings and called on President Jacob Zuma to back the youth wage subsidy.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has extended support to Swaziland’s people, saying they will see democracy soon.
Highlights from our interview with Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. Did Cosatu fail at Marikana? Will Vavi run for an ANC position? This, and more.
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi fields tough questions on the union’s lack of leadership at Marikana, running for office in the ANC and more — full podcast.
Vavi has said the emergence of breakaway unions is "the biggest onslaught waged by the bourgeoisie against the living standards of the working class".
The Lonmin shooting has cost Zuma dearly, with Juju calling on him to resign – and divisions have begin to emerge within Cosatu too, on the Road to Mangaung.
Join the M&G’s live video chat as Verashni Pillay puts your questions to Rapule Tabane about the Lonmin violence, Cosatu’s internal crisis and more.
A 10th body has been discovered at Lonmin’s troubled Marikana mine in the North West, about 100m away from a hilltop where workers gathered earlier.
Satawu president Ephraim Mphahlele has officially resigned from his union to join a splinter group, as factional battles ahead of Mangaung heats up.
The fight to prevent Sanral’s e-tolling system from being rolled out on Gauteng’s freeways starts at the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.
The agreement between unions and the state on a 7% increase for government workers will spare President Jacob Zuma blushes ahead of Mangaung.
Job growth has stagnated while the ANC dithers over how it will implement economic policy to spur flagging employment trends in South Africa.
Cosatu has conceded it lost its long-running battle with the ruling party for an outright ban on labour brokers.
Are our politicians finally learning how to disagree like adults? Verashni Pillay desperately hopes so, despite the ANC’s troubling politics.
Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi is fast becoming a serious contender for a senior ANC leadership position in Mangaung.
The Limpopo textbook scandal is an indication that government has failed its people, according to Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi.
Public service unions have declared a formal dispute with the government, raising the prospect of a major strike after months of wage negotiations.
Public Service Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says South Africa can’t afford a strike – but it can’t afford to increase its wage offer to unions either.
She’s renowned as a union buster, but Lindiwe Sisulu must somehow keep state workers from embarking on a crippling strike, without budging on wages.
The government has lost patience with state worker unions, breaking off wage talks with Cosatu, which has been seeking above-inflation pay increases.
As SA grapples with the idea of a youth subsidy, an international report has recommended providing firms with such incentives to hire young people.
Numsa president Cedric Gina has stated that the planned youth wage subsidy will only stand to line the pockets of "unpatriotic" employers.
Zwelinzima Vavi says his absence from the programme of the four-day congress of the National Union of Mineworkers is not due to factional fighting.
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general secretary Frans Baleni has come under fire for a whopping R40000 increase in his salary.