The labour movement failed to focus on the stayaway’s aim – halt state capture and corruption
He quit during a probe and red flags were raised when he was rehired by Ekurhuleni
The South African Communist Party leader used Wednesday’s stayaway protest against state capture to voice support for the deputy president.
Trade union federation Cosatu has called on all South Africans not to go to work on Wednesday in protest over state capture and corruption.
The SACP has called on the NPA to finally charge President Jacob Zuma for corruption, and for the ANC to remove him from public office.
‘Whether comrade Blade is removed or not is not important. How we will act will be determined by the reasons given for the reshuffle,’ says the SACP
The ANC’s alliance partners in Gauteng are calling for a reconfigured alliance.
A fight broke out when a group of National Union of Mineworkers disrupted a meeting where new branch members had just been elected.
Cosatu’s central executive committee is meeting in Johannesburg to strategise on how to ramp up support for its ANC presidential candidate.
Former police commissioner Bheki Cele commands widespread support in the province
Tougher reporting requirements could cut disparities between top execs and employees
The second industrial action in as many years is likely to stretch into its second week.
Throughout the conference the songs sung at the congress alluded to a strong desire by SACP members to contest state power.
If the alliance could not unite, DA leader Mmusi Maimane could become the country’s next president, she warned.
The ANC’s head of policy has announced the updated achievements of the first phase of the National Development Plan’s implementation.
Recently, the ANC Women’s League also made similar remarks.
The ANC deputy has been on the campaign trail for support among ANC branches and its alliance partners since scoring an endorsement from Cosatu
"Nehawu has called for an urgent amendment to the Cosatu constitution, to allow the federation to intervene among its affiliates.
Four Cosatu affiliates vow to switch sides in 2019 if Dlamini-Zuma wins the leadership
Engrossed by the ANC’s leadership battles, the trade union federation itself is in serious turmoil
Mapaila has been one of the most vocal critics of Zuma, demanding that he step down as the head of state.
The president can’t address the ANC alliance partner because his leadership can’t be trusted or supported, says the labour federation.
"It was a bald-faced lie. Nothing in his body language suggested an attempt at humour"
The deteriorating relationship between the ANC and its alliance partners was evident at Cosatu’s main May Day rally in Bloemfontein on Monday.
Workers’ reaction to the president at the May Day rally in Bloemfontein shouldn’t have come as a shock to the ANC and Cosatu – they’d been warned.
Cosatu has publicly backed Cyril Ramaphosa to take over as president, with Nehawu requesting that Ramaphosa address the Workers Day rally instead.
Worker’s Day commemorations are expected to be attended by both Zuma’s friends and foes with divisions likely to play out publicly
The union says inviting the president to speak at the rally would ‘create conflicting messages to our members, workers and the public in general’.
Historically, trade unions in the country have played a significant role in shaping the political landscape.
Cosatu seems to have forgotten the role of the unions in bringing down apartheid.
Several Cosatu leaders said this week that they planned to confront Dlamini, a vocal Zuma supporter.
In defending its territory an established federation objects to the name of the new kid on the block