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/ 25 November 2011
Trade union federation Cosatu has admitted for the first time that the ANC’s leadership race is sowing division in its ranks.
Sanef has welcomed the decision of the National Council of Provinces to form an ad hoc committee on the Protection of State Information Bill.
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/ 24 November 2011
The National Council of Provinces have established a committee to deal with the secrecy Bill, while Cosatu has called for amendments to the Bill.
Cosatu says it will go ahead with mass action at the end of February next year against the implementation of the Gauteng tolling system.
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/ 23 November 2011
Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini says a leadership stampede has led to divisions within the federation that have distracted its unions from key goals.
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/ 20 November 2011
There is a long way to go before the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme can become a reality, Cosatu said on Saturday.
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/ 28 October 2011
Interesting week, this, as the much-maligned media became the stage on which the big men of our politics flexed their muscles.
It is tempting to agree with Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi that there is paralysis in the Cabinet economics cluster.
With general secretary Zwelenzima Vavi favouring the ANCYL’s economic freedom march and president Sdumo Dlamini dead against it, whither Cosatu now?
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/ 15 September 2011
Busa and Cosatu have come an agreement on a joint programme that will aim to fight corruption, unemployment and spur growth in the economy.
The sands appear to be shifting as the labour federation extends an olive branch to government.
Cosatu says it supports the need to change the Constitution to bolster land redistribution, but does not support expropriation without compensation.
The NUM has blamed a lack of leadership by Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi for its row with Numsa.
Cosatu has said it is not in disarray after an advert in the <i>Sowetan</i> by Numsa dealt with federation leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s succession.
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Nationalisation is the only thing that can bring SA out of a "corrupt" economy, Cosatu has said, as it negotiates with the ANCYL’s hard stance.
A group of people have disrupted the SACP’s 90th anniversary celebration after suspected sound problems.
Relations between Zwelinzima Vavi and Sdumo Dlamini have deteriorated so much that Cosatu set up a high-level committee to address the issues.
Brazil offers economic policy lessons for South Africa but not in the manner proposed by Malema or Vavi.
<b>Rapule Tabane</b> spoke to Blade Nzimande about his continued support for President Zuma, his fight with Cosatu and views on nationalisation.
Numsa boss Irvin Jim, who is leading the national metal and engineering workers’ union wage strike, has been touted as a possible successor to Vavi.
The ANC Youth League is opportunistic in trying to privatise unemployed young people’s struggle, writes <strong>Ayanda Kota</strong>.
The nationwide strike by 170 000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA is expected to bring the steel industry to a standstill.
The relationship between Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and the ANC Youth League may play a crucial role in Vavi’s political career.
The battle for Cosatu is on a knife edge. This week its central committee postponed debates as lobby groups pulled it in different directions.
Zwelinzima Vavi is right: Cosatu’s increasingly vocal opposition to the Protection of Information Bill was enormously important.
Cosatu’s membership has grown 3.8%, but its secretariat report shows this is due to an increase in the membership of its public-service unions.
Cosatu has ended its central committee meeting without resolving its stance on key issues such as nationalisation, land reform or the ANC succession.
Cosatu on Thursday deferred discussion on the ANC succession debate and nationalisation.
The economy and the country’s political situation were topics of discussion at Cosatu’s central committee meeting in Midrand on Wednesday.
Ruling party leaders under President Zuma risk losing Cosatu’s support if they do not pull up their socks, the trades union says.
Blade Nzimande has fiercely defended the role of the SACP, which has been harshly criticised by alliance partners for failing the working class.