Court ruling could split trade union federation
11 May 2015 - 15:30
The Johannesburg High Court has ordered the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) to hold a special congress within two months after unions disaffected with the expulsion of the National Union of Mineworkers (Numsa) went to court. The congress will reconsider the decision to expel Numsa‚ which was expelled from Cosatu in November last year after it refused to follow the federation's political line by supporting the ANC election campaign.The federation has since expelled its general secretary‚ Zwelinzima Vavi.The court ruling will allow Cosatu affiliates who backed Numsa to contest the expulsion‚ setting the stage for a confrontation that could split the federation...
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