Gwede Samson Mantashe

The NUM elected Frans Baleni a pro-Zuma SACP member to replace the like-minded Gwede Mantashe as General Secretary...

Cosatu's member unions with figures supplied by Cosatu include: Union Leaders Members Politics National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) President: Senzeni Zokwana; General Secretary: Gwede Mantashe 299 509 Now more conciliatory to ANC South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) President: Willie Madisha; General Secretary: Thulas Nxesi 214 865 Madisha is long-standing Cosatu President under mounting pressure National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) President: Noluthando Sibiya; General Secretary: Fikile Majola 234 607 Majola led anti-privatisation campaign National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) President: Mthuthuzeli Tom; General Secretary: Silumko Nondwangu 174 212 Tom leads militancy in car industry South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) President: Petrus Mashishi; General Secretary: Roger Ronnie 114 127 Most radical and anti-Mbeki Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) President: John Zikhali; General Secretary: Ebrahim Patel 110 216 Radical losing members due to job losses ...

Other SACP leaders as well as Cosatu's Madisha and National Union of Mineworkers leader Gwede Mantashe have also been nominated...