I am very disappointed at the way in which the court case involving Cosatu, Numsa and seven other affiliated trade unions is being covered by the media. I think the reporting on the issues at hand are unfair.If my memory serves me correctly, the president of Cosatu, Sdumo Dlamini, announced that a special congress of the federation would sit in July - though he never gave us a date.I don't understand why we are now being told that Cosatu was pushed into a corner before it called for this special congress.The move to take Cosatu to court to force it to convene a special congress that it had already called is opportunistic and serves only those who are suffering from publicity-seeking attention disorder.These unions knew well that there would be a special congress in July yet they wasted their time and energy going to court.But in the same breath, the media should let the public know that the announcement of the date for this congress has nothing to do with the unions taking Cosatu to court.This was an out-of-court settlement and was done not to please the unions but in the interests of all parties involved.We must be happy when we see union bosses from different factions reach agreements without having to fight it out.This is in the interests of the workers. A divided trade union federation cannot serve its members with distinction. ..