Cosatu says it cannot afford the special conference needed to discuss Zwelinzima Vavi’s fate, but his supporters have offered to fund it.

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has rejected claims that it is encouraging Gauteng motorists to break the law.

President Jacob Zuma has signed e-tolls into law – despite the ANC’s campaign to avoid damaging Acts before next year’s elections.

A bid is under way to force federation to hold a special congress to deal with ‘ANC lackeys’.

Suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says federation leaders must maintain their independence from the ANC’s NEC to avoid confusion.

Suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has broken his silence over claims of mismanagement in a series of tweets directed at critics.

Zwelinzima Vavi’s detractors say he covered up a report critical of his ally Collin Matjila, the chief executive of Cosatu’s investment company.

Congress of South African Trade Unions general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi will continue to serve in his position, the trade union federation has said.

An investigation into Cosatu’s general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has brought tensions to a boil between leaders in the trade union federation.

Cosatu affiliate NUM is in the middle of tough wage negotiations, a conflict with a rival union and debates over the future of Cosatu.

The M&G spoke to NUM’s general secretary Frans Baleni and Numsa’s general secretary Irvin Jim about the ongoing tensions within the federation.

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.

Disaffected Cosatu leaders have accused general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi of using a probe into financial impropriety against them.

Ordinary workers at the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) bargaining council spoke up for Cosatu’s embattled general secretary.

President Jacob Zuma has launched a veiled attack on some Cosatu leaders, who continued to publicly criticise the National Development Plan.

Workers should be paid a minimum of R4 500 a month, the Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has said.

Fikile Mbalula has rejected labour federation Cosatu’s suggestion that the party should retain the current ANC leadership under President Jacob Zuma.

Many workers now believe violence is justified, indeed necessary. Some, notably in the transport union Satawu.

Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has retained his post, but union leaders are opposed to his outspokenness.

The Congress for South African Trade Unions’s leadership is too busy playing lapdog while the revolution is being stoked from Sandton.