Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi is expected to deliver a hard-hitting political report to the federation’s central committee on Tuesday.
President Zuma has launched a veiled attack on Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi and other alliance leaders for criticising the ANC and government in public.
Zwelinzima Vavi has thrown Cosatu’s weight behind President Zuma, but warned a corrupt, conservative elite was using the ANC to push its own agenda.
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Cosatu is expected to make a decision at its next central committee meeting on whether to back the re-election of Jacob Zuma as ANC president in 2012.
Cosatu says it is going to "name and shame" corrupt politicians and government officials in Limpopo next week.
Six million South Africans want to work but can’t find jobs, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Monday evening.
The 2011 local government elections were a "huge wake-up call" for the ANC, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has said.
The government must probe Aurora and its dismissed liquidators, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
Unless drastic action is taken to reduce unemployment, South Africa risks facing another 1976 uprising, says Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi.
ANC voters have not crossed to the DA, despite an increase in the opposition party’s share of the votes, said Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi on Friday.
Colonialism, apartheid and international mining houses created serial killers and rapists, said Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
The ANC faced a tough audience in a dry, hot De Aar when party leaders attended the Workers’ Day rally organised by Cosatu.
Members of Popcru are fed up with inaction over alleged graft and mismanagement among its leaders and say they are taking over all Popcru’s offices.
Aurora mine encapsulates capitalism at its worst and greed at its best, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
Lobbying behind the scenes for Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi to take up a top position in the ANC is gaining momentum.
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The ANC Youth League on Wednesday disagreed with the remarks of Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi on the upcoming local government elections.
Cosatu denied on Wednesday a report in the <em>Sowetan</em> that its secretary general, Zwelinzima Vavi, had "blasted Zuma" at a conference this week.
Some ANC members who complained about the ANC candidate list process have reason to be aggrieved, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says.
Cosatu and the SACP on Monday "noted with disgust" what they termed a "media campaign" on divisions between the organisations.
Cosatu is engaging with the government and the ANC to convince them to change to "a radically different macroeconomic strategy", Zwelinzima Vavi says.
Few details are available on how the government will introduce and monitor the new grow path’s (NGP) longer-term goals, Cosatu says.
The proposed youth wage subsidy will not work unless the government realises unemployment is linked to education, Cosatu says.
National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday stood by his critical letter to government head of communications Jimmy Manyi.
President Jacob Zuma vowed that the ANC would fix local government as he launched the ANC’s 2011 election manifesto on Sunday.
A summit with its alliance partners tops the agenda for discussion when the Congress of South African Trade Unions leadership meets next week.
Cosatu’s isolation has increased following the endorsement of the government’s controversial new growth path proposals by the SACP.
An article on Zwelinzima Vavi’s absence from the ANC’s anniversary celebrations was "deliberately designed" to "manufacture" schisms, Cosatu says.
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/ 14 January 2011
As the strain between government and the country’s largest trade union federation persists, we speak to Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini.