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Beyond the strike
Category: Articles/Politics
... level. No wonder Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s counterpart in the ILC, Chris Klopper, remarked in an interview published over the weekend: “It now is only about politics, pure politics.” ...Monday, 06 September 2010 -
ANC turmoil
Category: Articles/Politics
... the ANC “nationalists” recently to use party mechanisms to “discipline” and possibly silence the very vocal critic Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of Cosatu, with Zuma standing by idly, served to further ...Thursday, 02 September 2010 -
Labour unrest
Category: Articles/Politics
... but the political landscape is in the process of changing forever.” Last week Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told a media briefing that the ruling tripartite alliance (ANC, SA Communist Party ...Monday, 30 August 2010 -
Media freedom
Category: Articles/Politics
... own ranks. Senior Alliance figures like Cosatu’s secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi and the ANC’s Pallo Jordan and Ronnie Kasrils have condemned the bill in its present form, which the media fears will ...Tuesday, 24 August 2010 -
Judicial system
Category: Articles/Politics
... Unions (Cosatu) general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi had demanded, and over which pressure is now mounting over a wider front. This could yet prove to be a major test to see how far the Zuma government is ...Tuesday, 06 July 2010 -
Strike action
Category: Articles/Other
... pleading it could not afford a 9% increase. Executive increases condemned The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and other labour leaders have strongly ...Tuesday, 06 July 2010 -
Alliance tensions
Category: Articles/Politics
... Left, the pending ANC disciplinary hearing of Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi, Cosatu’s threat to leave the ruling alliance and more... and hope that he can keep the Alliance together at its most precarious ...Tuesday, 08 June 2010 -
Rands & Sense
Category: Opinions/Columnists
... supporters and public with your hypocrisy, allowing your party to justify “hate speak” through the courts and yet you refuse to listen to a man such as Mr Zwelinzima Vavi, who has far more in common and ...Friday, 04 June 2010 -
Seeing the vision
Category: Articles/Other
... made unflattering remarks about the “racist” Godsell, and refused to accept that Maroga had resigned. It was another long-time associate of Godsell’s in the business-labour arena, Zwelinzima Vavi, secretary-general ...Friday, 04 June 2010 -
World cup watch
Category: Articles/Sport
... because of the national interest’,” Zwelinzima Vavi, the federation’s general secretary, told Bloomberg. "The World Cup will be a one-month event. It will come and go,” he said. Finance Minister Pravin ...Tuesday, 01 June 2010 -
Corruption watch
Category: Articles/Politics
... to declare his financial interests, and the enrichment of people such as ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema to be investigated, among other things. Cosatu general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi ...Tuesday, 09 March 2010 -
Political turmoil
Category: Articles/Politics
... while COSATU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has warned of “anger” in the unions showing “everywhere now”. The tensions in the alliance have lately also served to show the vulnerability of Zuma being ...Monday, 01 March 2010 -
Malema affairs
Category: Reports/Reports
... Zuma, and weakening the hold of the left. This led to calls by Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and SACP leaders for lifestyle audits of such leaders and officials. This development also manifested ...Tuesday, 23 February 2010 -
Labour unrest threatens
Category: Reports/Reports
... its aim is to increase the employment of school-leavers by 500 000 by 2013. When announcing the strike threat, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi also welcomed a letter Gordhan said he had sent ...Tuesday, 23 February 2010 -
Political turmoil
Category: Articles/Other
... in government, Parliament, the provinces and the public service, these past two weeks simmered close to boiling point when the Left, led by Cosatu and its vocal general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, used ...Monday, 12 October 2009 -
Labour
Category: Reports/Reports
... more specifically Manuel's one, that triggered Cosatu's strong reaction, causing it to draft a political report to be presented by Cosatu general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi to its national congress this ...Tuesday, 22 September 2009
