Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi may feel the wrath of the union federation for not attending its central executive committee meeting.
A special national congress will be held by trade union Cosatu next year, and sources say Zwelinzima Vavi will not be removed.
Three and a half days after a vote to expel Numsa from Cosatu, a formal letter it received was not signed by Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
The ANC says the expulsion of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa from trade union federation Cosatu is a tragic development.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has been expelled from Cosatu after a grueling special central executive committee meeting.
Numsa’s bid to have Cosatu’s special central executive committee meeting halted was unsuccessful, and both will go head-to-head on Friday.
Numsa has filed an urgent interdict at the South Gauteng High Court to stop a crucial meeting in which it is expected to be expelled from Cosatu.
Numsa is playing all its cards and forging ahead, at all costs, with its plans to stand firm in its political ideals.
Unfazed that it may be booted out, Numsa has vowed to push ahead and form a workers’ party.
Differences of opinion and divisions in Cosatu cannot be resolved through elections or by axing members, an ANC-led task team has found.
The teachers union snubbing Zwelinzima Vavi in favour of S’dumo Dlamini as a speaker at its congress suggests the ANC has failed to reunite Cosatu.
Unless its leaders act urgently, the federation will face a decline in membership, political clout and reputation, says Zwelinzima Vavi.
An ANC task team has pulled out all the stops in its attempts to heal the troubled trade union federation, but to no avail.
Cosatu’s secretary general is still defending the union federation’s shaky unity, even though plans for Numsa’s break-away are already in motion.
Barely a month after the ANC intervened to broker truce within the embattled labour federation, unions have taken the Cosatu president to court.
Zwelenzima Vavi tells workers in PE to take control of their future, while in Polokwane, Zuma and the ANC take centre stage at Cosatu’s massive rally.
Tripartite alliance leaders lambasted Numsa during a march to defend the ANC called by the SACP and Cosatu.
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 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.
Threats of suspension or expulsion have failed to shake the nine Cosatu affiliates that want the union federation’s president Sdumo Dlamini removed.
Numsa leader Irvin Jim has threatened to take Cosatu to court over its central committee’s refusal to hold a special national congress.
The Cosatu central executive committee has decided not to hold a special congress, despite a request from nine of the federation’s affiliates.
Cosatu sent greetings to the Numsa special congress but stopped short of supporting the event after not being invited to address delegates.
Cosatu’s PEC in the Eastern Cape has torn into its president Sdumo Dlamini for delaying the special congress, which was called for two months ago.
The ANC’s Gwede Mantashe has appealed to Cosatu leaders, including Sdumo Dlamini, to find solutions to their differences with Zwelinzima Vavi.
Numsa’s KZN secretary Mbuso Ngubane says Cedric Gina’s resignation is being exploited to paint a picture of an organisation in crisis.
Divisions in Cosatu have forced the federation to temporarily withhold its budgeted R8-million for the ANC’s election campaign.
Briefing journalists on the outcome of a Cosatu meeting, the trade union says the investigation into Zwelinzima Vavi’s conduct is not yet complete.
Cosatu will hold a special congress with its executives, but whether Zwelinzima Vavi’s fate will be on its agenda is yet to be decided.