The ANC did not fail or succeed in its intervention in problems within Cosatu, general secretary Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “The ANC cannot impose solutions on Cosatu,” he told reporters in Johannesburg. “Our intervention cannot fail or succeed, only Cosatu can fail or succeed.” This weekend the National Union[…]
There is no respect for the Congress of SA Trade Union’s constitution, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said on Sunday. “It is lawlessness that prevails,” deputy general secretary Karl Cloete told reporters in Johannesburg. “Its president should have been long booted before Numsa.” He said Cosatu president[…]
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has remained mum on what his next step will be after the expulsion of Numsa from the trade union federation. On Sunday he took to twitter to explain that he will allow all to have their say before making an official comment. “Deliberating allowing all[…]
A group of Numsa supporters waiting outside Cosatu House in Johannesburg dispersed late on Friday afternoon. They gathered in the morning ahead of the start of the Congress of SA Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) central executive committee (CEC) meeting, where the National Union Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) was expected to defend[…]
Cosatu did not vote on Numsa being expelled from the trade union federation, a spokesman said on Thursday. “Cosatu agreed to reconvene the meeting on the 7th of November to discuss issues still outstanding, including the issue of Numsa,” Patrick Craven said. “No decision was taken on the status of[…]
SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala must produce proof of her qualifications or immediately step down, Cosatu and the SACP said on Wednesday. “[She must] save our country and the SABC from this rather embarrassing and shameful spectacle,” the two said in a joint statement. “Universities have their records and it is[…]
Trade union Cosatu, along with some of its health sector affiliates, have heaped pressured on the World Medical Association (WMA), urging it to expel its Israeli based counterpart, the Israeli Medical Association (IMA). Cosatu held a protest outside the WMA’s Annual General Assembly held in Durban on Friday morning. They[…]
Protests demanding the expulsion of Israel from the World Medical Association will be staged by Cosatu and its affiliates Nehawu and Denosa, the trade union federation said on Thursday. The Democratic Nursing Association and the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union were supported by the Islamic Medical Association and[…]
Cosatu and affiliated groups has vowed that if illegal evictions are not stopped soon, they will proceed with renewed strikes on Western Cape farm towns. The evictions comes after the announcement made by Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti regarding land reform. At a press conference on[…]
Cosatu in the Western Cape has given its support to anti drug group Pagad and its calls for clemency for its members in prison. The calls were made at an anti crime meeting hosted by Pagad at Portlands Sports Centre in Mitchell’s Plain on Sunday. The meeting was part of[…]
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