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Cosatu on the Verge of Major Split?

19 Aug 2013

Following Zwelinzima Vavi’s suspension from Cosatu, Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre For Civil Society at the University of KZN argues that Vavi’s predicament is also linked to an ideological conflict in the trade union federation, which could potentially lead to the establishment of a workers' party. On the one side, he argues, “We have a very interesting situation where a more socialist-oriented bloc within the trade union, especially NUMSA, have worked closely with Vavi to raise questions of inequality, poverty, unemployment, and environment, as well as gender equity and corruption…On the other side (are) the mineworkers and a variety of other unions…allied with Jacob Zuma.”

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