Zwelinzima Vavi

Zwelinzima Vavi refused a nomination to the NEC...

The General Secretary of the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions Zwelinzima Vavi is at odds with Zuma and Cosatu’s members are pressing for more strike action...

A political fix negotiated on 16 September allowed the leaders of the Congress of South African Trade Unions to paper over their differences as Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi agreed to tone down a critical speech about President Jacob Zuma’s government the following day...

Within Cosatu’s own leadership we hear that the General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is aligned with the ANC’s Motlanthe group while the President Sidumo Dlamini favours Zuma...

The General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions Zwelinzima Vavi said the ‘second transition’ document ‘exhibits ideological contradictions and misconceptions throughout’ and was ‘littered with denialism’...

Hostility from differing quarters has been growing against Zuma: from nationalist ‘tenderpreneurs’ such as sacked ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema to national trades union leader Zwelinzima Vavi (see Box Police and thieves)...

A Cosatu group led by its President S’dumo Dlamini was in favour of Zuma; the antis were led by General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi...

However Zwelinzima Vavi General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said the aims were laudable but government moved too slowly and inefficiently to achieve them...

COSATU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is one of few senior officials willing to take on the government and the Zuma clique openly on corruption issues...

An anti-Zuma tirade erupted from the General Secretary of the Congress of SA Trade Unions Zwelinzima Vavi who said there is leadership paralysis in the ANC and warned that the country is in danger of ‘imploding’...