A divided Cosatu is gearing up for an alliance showdown over the National Development Plan.
If Cosatu’s general secretary were to be snuffed out of the political game, SA would slip towards an intolerant autocracy, writes Nickolaus Bauer.
The divisions about e-tolling within the ANC-led tripartite alliance have been directly linked to the infighting leading up to Mangaung.
The ANC has been keeping a close eye on two union leadership contests, namely the National Union of Mineworkers and National Union of Metalworkers.
Blade Nzimande’s many leadership roles have come into conflict as he skips parliament to join the Cosatu march.
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/ 24 February 2012
In creating a blueprint for growth, Gordhan has been hamstrung by the very lack of buy-in he wants and needs.
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/ 15 February 2012
Cosatu’s Gauteng chairperson says the debate on whether the ANC is leading the trade union federation in the right direction needs to continue.
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/ 28 October 2011
The ANCYL’s economic freedom march through Johannesburg provoked furious debate in the ANC-led alliance.
President Zuma has launched a veiled attack on Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi and other alliance leaders for criticising the ANC and government in public.
A summit with its alliance partners tops the agenda for discussion when the Congress of South African Trade Unions leadership meets next week.
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/ 14 January 2011
The absence of Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi from the ANC’s birthday celebrations marks a low point in the alliance relations.
Labour federation won’t go it alone even though its economic policies contradict those of the ANC.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> spoke to Blade Nzimande, the SACP general secretary, during the ANC conference.
The African National Congress and Cosatu kept mum following their meeting at the ANC’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Monday.
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/ 10 September 2010
We are again entering another cycle of ritual contest for positions within the ruling party, a process simply misunderstood by the media.
The African National Congress-led tripartite alliance was not collapsing, President Jacob Zuma said in Durban on Friday.
The SACP will participate in the ANC national general council (NGC) in order to help strengthen the leadership and unity of the ANC and the alliance.
Cosatu on Thursday warned that its alliance with the ANC is "dysfunctional" because of "confusion" over power.
His critics will ask: which hat did he wear during the bitter public spat between the nationalists in the ANC and the alliance partners?
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/ 18 December 2009
Constitutional amendments will strengthen the South African Communist Party’s management positions.
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/ 13 December 2009
President Jacob Zuma on Saturday read the riot act to ANC-led tripartite alliance partners during his address to the SACP’s second special congress.
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/ 26 September 2009
The mood at the congress had been contentment: the militancy that was tangible at the last congress appeared to have gone.
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/ 28 November 2008
The ANC is not considering imposing a quota of SACP and Cosatu members for its parliamentary list, it said on Friday.
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/ 12 September 2008
The African National Congress does not necessarily share the economic views of its leftist allies, party treasurer Mathews Phosa said on Thursday.
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/ 7 September 2008
SACP, Cosatu to reach agreement with ANC to co-determine government policy.
The ANC and its alliance partners will establish a full-time political school in Gauteng to develop and train their members, the ANC said on Monday.