Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi speaks to the Mail & Guardian about a wide range of issues, including the likelihood of more union splits.
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Vavi has said the emergence of breakaway unions is "the biggest onslaught waged by the bourgeoisie against the living standards of the working class".
Cosatu will lobby for radical policy changes during its national conference next month, including the abolition of land ownership by foreigners.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has been dealt a double blow, losing two allies weeks before the labour federation’s national conference.
Vavi has admitted that the Cosatu’s preoccupation with ANC politics is resulting in a growing distance between union leaders and its membership.
Following the shock killings at Lonmin mines, join our live video chat with M&G deputy editor-in-chief Rapule Tabane at noon about Cosatu.
Alliance and union leaders are working to have Zwelinzima Vavi removed as Cosatu’s general secretary, in the first-ever challenge to his leadership.
Zwelinzima Vavi says the ANC has been unable to reassert the organisation’s mission and strategic vision.
Are our politicians finally learning how to disagree like adults? Verashni Pillay desperately hopes so, despite the ANC’s troubling politics.
Sadtu members in Limpopo released a scathing statement this week signed by its secretary, Matome Raphasha, and his deputy, Sowell Tjebane.
The M&G’s Nickolaus Bauer breaks down the state of play as the ANC picks up the pace on the road to the ruling party’s elective conference in Mangaung.
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The Limpopo textbook scandal is an indication that government has failed its people, according to Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi.
President Jacob Zuma says many South Africans need to be educated about democracy because they do not understand how it works.
A new study shows that BEE leaders who succeeded in through political clout rather than entrepreneurial initiative are no longer regarded as iconic.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says education and knowledge are embedded in class relations, and income inequality is still racialised.
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.
The DA says it will take legal action against Cosatu leaders for what it calls intimidation, incitement of violence and holding an illegal gathering.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille denies trying to recruit Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi to her party.
The SA National Roads has been interdicted and restrained from levying and collecting tolls, the High Court in Pretoria ruled on Saturday.
The ANC and Cosatu have agreed to ask Cabinet to postpone implementation of the e-tolls for a month "to explore alternative funding".
The chairperson of the ANC in Free State Ace Magashule has spoken out about the scramble for power and resources in the ANC.
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Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says the secrecy Bill would criminalise union officials’ obligation to assist whistle-blowers.
At the third day of public hearings on the secrecy Bill, Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi has warned the Bill would change South Africa into a security state.
The tripartite alliance’s reaction over the Supreme Court judgment has charted the differences over Jacob Zuma ahead of Mangaung in December.
Cabinet has approved the two Bills dealing with labour broking without heeding the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ call to ban the practice.
The ANC Youth League says Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini must apologise over remarks he made regarding Julius Malema and hijacking the recent march.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says he won’t meet Democratic Alliance MP Lindiwe Mazibuko to discuss a proposed youth wage subsidy.
The factionalism and divisions within the ruling party and how they play out will determine the relationship between the party and the electorate.