Some, including Zwelinzima Vavi, say unions risk collapse if they are run like businesses — a critique that Irvin Jim argues is part of a ‘mischievous attack’ on his leadership
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The labour court’s Judge Graham Moshoana noted the ‘disturbing revelation’ that the union went ahead with the interdicted congress
The general secretary says the court should be slow to interfere with internal union disputes
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A court bid that could result in Numsa’s congress being interdicted comes amid a battle for the heart of the country’s single-largest union