The journey to Mangaung has come across a few stumbling blocks.
Cosatu has tried a more measured approach
to attain its economic policy goals and it seems to be working.
The nationwide Cosatu strike has revealed that two distinct factions are battling for control of the federation ahead of Mangaung.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says teachers must commit to providing quality teaching and uphold ethical and professional behaviour.
Cosatu’s protest action goes beyond the narrow issues of labour brokering and the e-tolling system — it was more about class struggle.
Cosatu has staged the largest planned civil protest since the dawn of democracy, giving a loud voice to discontent over labour "slavery" and e-tolls.
Julius Malema has told thousands of Cosatu marchers that the ANC must be reminded of the needs of the masses who voted the party into power.
Zwelinzima Vavi and Julius Malema have joined the Cosatu march in Jo’burg against e-tolling and labour brokers, swept up by a swarm of supporters.
Cosatu’s strike will be the biggest in years, but it insists its war on tolling and brokers is not a power play ahead of the ANC elective conference.
Malema’s exit from the ANC stage strengthens President Zuma’s position, but it’s Cosatu’s Vavi who holds the trump cards now, writes <b>Nic Dawes</b>.
Kenny Kunene gives Bongani Madondo a candid interview on Zwelinzima Vavi as his marketing tool, sushi, tenderpreneurs and keeping it real.
Cosatu says it asked its affiliates to develop education programmes and campaigns to educate members on violence-free strikes and demonstrations.
Cosatu leader’s warning comes as a battle over union affiliation plays out at Implats’ s shaft six.
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/ 23 February 2012
Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi questioned his own lifestyle at the Numsa commission, saying the working class had it very tough.
President Jacob Zuma has called on workers to become active participants in the shaping of ANC policy. (Just don’t mention the e-tolling plans).
Zwelinzima Vavi urged striking workers at Implats’ Rustenburg mine to return to work, but said Cosatu would help them fight for better wages.
Zwelinzima Vavi says the ANC needs to "fix its house" and rediscover its "revolutionary morality" to remain a beacon of hope to the people of SA.
Cosatu has been mediating between teachers and the Eastern Cape education department to end the go-slow at schools over poor working conditions.
The top dogs of anti-corruption came out in force to support a new initiative. But can they make us all believe?
But the trade union federation stops short of calling for a mandatory media tribunal.
Cosatu has promised it would get rid of "undesirables" in the ANC in the run up to the ruling party’s elective conference in 2012.
The Open Democracy Advice Centre has called for stricter action against senior government officials implicated in maladministration.
The ANC will meet the public protector and Cosatu to iron out differences over the Protection of State Information Bill.
Capitalist-driven corruption is the biggest threat to the realisation of SA’s dreams — and will unravel society, says Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi.
ANC supporters dressed in COP17 tracksuits exchanged stones with members of organisations that were marching against climate change on Saturday.
Protesters marched through the streets of Durban on Saturday morning creating a spectacle that was worlds apart from the solemn climate change talks.
A march planned as a side event of the COP17 climate talks got underway in Durban on Saturday morning.
Thobile Ntola, the president of Sadtu, criticised the info Bill publicly without debating it within the teachers’ union, leaders say.
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/ 2 December 2011
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi says SA’s economic structure still remains trapped in colonialism because of overdependence on raw material exports.
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/ 2 December 2011
The Freedom Charter promises free exchange of ideas, and the Bill of Rights guarantees the free flow of information, says <b>Zwelinzima Vavi</b>.
Zwelinzima Vavi has thrown Cosatu’s weight behind the fight against the secrecy Bill, saying it is as much of a threat to workers as the media.