NATASHA MARRIAN: Cosatu wobbles again amid ANC succession battle
Can the labour federation afford another divisive factional fight over ANC politics?
LABOUR federation Cosatu is facing yet another internal battle and, once again, it is over the ANC succession. But can the federation afford another divisive factional fight over ANC politics after it was significantly weakened by the last one? It was also weakened by the one before, when it threw its support behind Jacob Zuma ahead of the Polokwane conferenceWhen it comes to the alliance, Cosatu needed a dramatic change in tactic to repair the damage done through its "vested interest" in the ANC leadership, but it has simply fallen back to its leaders positioning themselves for and against particular ANC leaders and factions.This week, Cosatu’s special central executive committee met many of the large public sector unions, hoping the federation would emerge with a position endorsing ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the party after 2017.However, once again, its top leadership has a different stance to that of the majority of its affiliates.Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini,...
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