Zwelinzima Vavi

The General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) Zwelinzima Vavi restated this point on 5 June...

Trades unions claim their rights Last week Cosatu's General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told a closed meeting of the union federation's Central Committee that the draft had been worked out by officials without adequate consultation and communication and that at this stage it failed to offer protection to vulnerable industries in South Africa...

Zuma's campaign was an 'unstoppable tsunami' said Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi...

Some believe Cosatu's Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi has used the Zuma case to boost his own bid from the left for the ANC leadership...

Early front runners for inclusion in a Zuma cabinet include Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and the South African Communist Party (SACP) Chairman Blade Nzimande both of whom have fought hard for Zuma...

Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi later claimed the raids were a direct response to its statement and termed them a 'brutal persecution'...

His fellow ANC MPs sung tributes to him as he walked into parliament on 8 June and the Secretary General of the Congress of South African Trades Unions Zwelinzima Vavi referred to Zuma's ambitions for the Presidency as an 'unstoppable tsunami'...

Such discontents have given the Congress of South African Trade Unions a stronger voice under General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi who matches his criticism of the government's stance on Zimbabwe with complaints that its economic policy failing to act against the strong rand by cutting interest rates is worsening unemployment a rare example of unanimity between Cosatu and private business...

Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told the Cosatu congress that the SACP is 'our only political assurance and insurance' a declaration that nowadays has a hollow ring...

Sensing the political wind Zwelinzima Vavi and Willie Madisha senior officials of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) have pulled back from vying for senior positions in the party...