During that tense period around 2015‚ Losi almost lost her position as the second deputy president when she sided with a faction‚ aligned to Dlamini‚ which had been pushing for Vavi’s sacking.
Numsa later kicked Losi out‚ a move that would have resulted in her losing her position – but she was later accepted as a member by the police union Popcru.
Last year‚ Losi ran under President Cyril Ramaphosa’s slate to be the ANC’s deputy secretary-general. However‚ she ultimately lost out to Jessie Duarte in a controversial outcome‚ which left a number of the president’s supporters stunned.
Losi now serves on the ANC national executive committee‚ the party’s highest decision-making body between conferences.
Her uncontested election on Tuesday followed talks among Cosatu affiliates to ensure an uncontested conference – a move that some insiders said was in the interests of unity.
Soon after she was elected‚ Losi sang the praises of her predecessor and attributed Cosatu’s successes – including the introduction of the minimum wage‚ and changes to the labour law regarding maternity leave and the Unemployment Insurance Fund – to Dlamini’s leadership.