Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says the organisation\u2019s influence has waned dramatically and it could become irrelevant.<\/p>\n
Vavi and Sdumo Dlamini both have factions which have divided the trade union body.<\/p>\n
Vavi is pushing for action against the ANC while\u00a0Dlamini is inclined towards\u00a0the ANC.<\/p>\n
In his draft organisational report prepared for Cosatu\u2019s central committee meeting in November, Vavi warns that the once powerful federation could become irrelevant if its leaders do not resolve divisions soon.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s task team appears to have backtracked on its initial plans to offer Vavi and Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini ambassadorial positions in an effort to bring about unity\u00a0before November’s\u00a0central committee meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cCosatu has through its work over the years built up critical political capital in terms of its image and reputation at home and abroad, and the trust which workers in particular have had in the organisation,\u201d Vavi writes in his report.<\/p>\n
Vavi said Cosatu\u2019s reputational damage negatively affected the organisation among South African workers and the public, as well as\u00a0the perceptions of Cosatu among key international players, including in the trade union movement.<\/p>\n
\u201cEqually important to this reputational damage is the fact that the broader political impact of Cosatu\u2019s interventions on key issues is significantly undermined by the dilution of our organisational power.<\/p>\n
The general secretary said that already there were also signs emerging that\u00a0membership is declining.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was already evidence of this danger in relation to Cosatu\u2019s minimal impact at the ANC\u2019s national conference in Mangaung.\u201d Vavi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were forced to launch a rearguard action after the Conference, for example in relation to the NDP, to minimise the damage caused by our lack of coherence in Mangaung.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cosatu has campaigned against the National Development Plan, or NDP.<\/p>\n
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Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says the organisation\u2019s influence has waned dramatically and it could become irrelevant. Vavi and Sdumo Dlamini both have factions which have divided the trade union body. Vavi is pushing for action against the ANC while\u00a0Dlamini is inclined towards\u00a0the ANC. In his draft organisational report prepared for Cosatu\u2019s central committee meeting … Continue reading “Cosatu on the ropes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2961,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[64,76,1105,10116,10117,1204],"class_list":["post-16183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-anc","tag-cosatu","tag-sdumo-dlamini","tag-trade-union-federation","tag-workers","tag-zwelinzima-vavi"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16184,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16183\/revisions\/16184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}