The ANC has become fixated on the figure of the ”Great Leader” and this has contributed towards letting the populist genie out of the bottle.
Cosatu is to launch a week-long boycott of goods destined for Zimbabwe and Swaziland.
There is a need for changes in the country’s economic policy, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
Thousands of Cosatu members marched through South Africa’s cities on Wednesday in protest against the rising cost of living.
Cries from Cosatu to zero-rate more food products, as well as the proposal of a national food control agency, has generated misinformed debate.
Ousted trade-union boss Willie Madisha came out firing at his detractors on Wednesday, saying he had been victimised by ”political imbeciles”.
Trade unions challenge the ANC leadership to adopt policy changes promised at Polokwane
Tens of thousands of workers downed tools in four provinces on Wednesday to voice their "disgust" with rising living costs.
Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has expressed regret over his recent ”shoot and kill for Zuma” comments.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel convened a meeting on Thursday between the Treasury and Cosatu in an attempt to resolve numerous challenges.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi will receive the Pan African Lifetime Achievement Award from the TransAfrica Forum in Washington in December.
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema in the firing line once again while Zwelinzima Vavi has yet to apologise for ”kill for Zuma” comment.
South Africa is a nation of activists, but the Congress of South African Trade Unions seems to be barking up the wrong tree.
Thousands march in Durban in protest against job losses caused by the electricity crisis and spiralling food, fuel and other prices.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is the voice of reason as the SAHRC opposes statements made by Julius Malema and Zwelinzima Vavi.
The politician’s solution to all public blunders is to claim that his or her words were misinterpreted
Cosatu says there is no need for general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi to apologise for saying he was prepared to lay down his life for the revolution.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Saturday he was committed to die in defence of ”one another and for our revolution”.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has been given 14 days by the South African Human Rights Commission to retract his ”kill for Zuma” statement.
Trade unionist leader Zwelinzima Vavi on Monday sought to clarify his ”kill for Zuma” remark made at the weekend as the DA laid a charge against him.
The South African Human Rights Commission will decide on Monday how to deal with trade unionist leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s ”kill for Zuma” remarks.
”Kill for Zuma” statements made by Julius Malema and Zwelinzima Vavi were an insult to the intelligence of voters, says Motsoko Pheko.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions on Wednesday elected S’dumo Dlamini to take over as president after the sacking of its embattled president, Willie Madisha. This was announced by Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi at a press briefing after the union’s three-day central executive committee meeting in Johannesburg.
Any increase in electricity prices should occur gradually over five years, Eskom was told on Friday at a summit in Sandton on the electricity crisis, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported. The government, labour, the African National Congress and community forums were represented at the summit.
The African National Congress and its labour allies called on Friday for electricity prices to rise only gradually, rejecting the state power firm’s appeal for a sharp hike to solve a dire power crisis. ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said it would be wrong for Eskom to use price rises to recover from past losses.
South Africa’s economy cannot afford a sharp electricity price increase, a leader of the African National Congress (ANC) said on Friday, adding that Eskom should not be allowed to use pricing to make up past losses. As part of efforts to tackle power shortages and fund infrastructure expansion, Eskom has requested a 53% increase in electricity tariffs.
Willy Madisha was trying to ”milk dry” the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), it claimed in a statement on Tuesday. Cosatu had already spent R235 237 on the commission into Madisha’s conduct which recommended he be axed as its president, said spokesperson Patrick Craven.
African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma has received support from alliance partners to run for presidential elections, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Sunday. ”We will not only be accompanying him to court but to the Union Buildings as the next president of South Africa,” he said, announcing the outcome of an alliance.
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African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma on Friday called for a closure of the ”chapter of tension and mistrust” between the ruling party and its alliance partners. The relationship between the ANC and its alliance partners had become somewhat strained under the previous leadership of national President Thabo Mbeki.
If there was ever a period that so ably demonstrated the febrile nature of politics it has been the past week or two. As Jacob Zuma strode into Downing Street after having met with the British prime minister, looking surprisingly at ease in the media glare, Thabo Mbeki was quietly meeting King Mswati III which, with all due respect to the Swazi monarch, pretty much sums up the state of play: Zuma on the ascendant, Mbeki on the slide.
In the samba spirit that the South African Football Association seems to have been seized by, and to welcome Joel Santana, the Brazilian coach, South Africans now have an opportunity to convert their names to Brazilian ones. After all, one Brazilian turn deserves another.
South Africa had a ”persisting inability” to deal with the legacy of inferior health, education and other social infrastructure for working-class communities, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Saturday.