Cosatu, a key ally of the ANC, will, for the first time in its 37 years of existence, hold a special national consultative conference in 2023 to debate and take a decision on its relationship with the governing party.

The relationship between the ANC and its left-leaning allies in the tripartite alliance seems to have soured, culminating in the booing of party president (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/labour/2022-09-26-mantashe-faces-cosatu-hostility-but-ramaphosa-is-a-no-show/) Cyril Ramaphosa at a Workers’ Day rally in Rustenburg in May and its chair, Gwede Mantashe, at the Cosatu conference on Monday...

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