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South Africa: Cosatu shuns bids to create rift with ANC
Numsa expulsion and Vavi sacking endorsed
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SOUTH AFRICA’S biggest union federation Cosatu reaffirmed its support for the ANC this week, confronting attacks from within and without.
A two-day special congress, called following the expulsion of affiliate metalworkers union Numsa and the sacking of general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, closed on Tuesday.
A group of eight unions that opposed the Cosatu executive’s decisions had hoped to see them reversed at the congress, counting on dissent among members of larger affiliates.
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