South African Transport and Allied Workers Union leader, Zenzo Mahlangu says a plan to ‘eliminate’ union bosses is aimed at toppling the alliance.
Over the past few months, the role of the political journalist has joined those of the cartoonist as being one of the most scrutinised.
The ANC has no agenda to remove Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, spokesperson Jackson Mthembu has said.
Of late, I have read too many stories in the paper that do not work hard enough to persuade me as the reader that the central facts are established.
Cosatu has warned Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga not to take action against protesting teachers at the Sadtu march.
Corruption Watch has denied reports by the Mail & Guardian that it used the paper’s investigative capacity to "meddle in Cosatu power battles".
Disaffected Cosatu leaders have accused general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi of using a probe into financial impropriety against them.
Unlike Julius Malema, who is shivering in exile, a Vavi operating outside the alliance would pose a far greater threat than he does on the inside.
Ordinary workers at the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) bargaining council spoke up for Cosatu’s embattled general secretary.
Individuals leaking divisive information within Cosatu will be harshly dealt with, its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has told a workers’ summit.
Numsa leaders have come out in defence of Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, who is being investigated on allegations of financial impropriety.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s supporters in Cosatu, including Numsa, believe he is being targeted for political reasons.
Cosatu has denied a report that its affiliates are investigating general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is not confused about its call for nationalisation, says its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has called for industrialisation to tackle inequality, unemployment and poverty in South Africa.
Cosatu’s bargaining conference is ‘disgusted’ at members sowing division following reports of auditors investigating Zwelinzima Vavi.
Cosatu is to appoint auditors to investigate Zwelinzima Vavi, showing the seriousness with which affiliates are treating the state of the federation.
It would be easy to dismiss Cosatu’s public wrangling as a case of internal problems that the trade union federation must sort out internally.
The labour federation’s dismissal of the plan as a reworking of government’s ’90s-era Gear strategy could be a sign of growing divisions.
Workers should be paid a minimum of R4 500 a month, the Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has said.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is on a dangerous, downward slope, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has said.
Union boss Irvin Jim says Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is being attacked for his workerist stance.
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If Cosatu’s general secretary were to be snuffed out of the political game, SA would slip towards an intolerant autocracy, writes Nickolaus Bauer.
Cosatu’s general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi fears not only for his political future but also his life amid reports of a move to oust him.
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi has dismissed reports that he faced an internal investigation for financial impropriety as politically motivated.
Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi could find himself out in the cold in as little as three months, if his adversaries in the federation have their way.
Zwelinzima Vavi has denied Cosatu was investigating him, but confirmed there would be "further discussions" at affiliates level.
Zwelinzima Vavi is to be investigated for a number of allegations, including financial impropriety relating to Cosatu’s new building.
Cosatu is prepared to fight against Gauteng e-tolls, high electricity prices and corruption, says Zwelinzima Vavi.
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