Cosatu has adopted a legal report that probes, among others, a possible conflict of interest concerning suspended general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.

Zwelinzima Vavi says he intends on suing the union federation and an auditing firm for defamation after a report on his conduct was made public.

South Africa’s biggest corporate law firms are overwhelmingly white and male, in contrast with the majority of the country’s law graduates.