ANC SUCCESSION
Dlamini-Zuma courts Numsa’s leader after losing Cosatu
Dlamini-Zuma meets Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim to outline her vision for SA
In a bid to establish a support base in the working class, ANC presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has met the head of former Cosatu affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa). Dlamini-Zuma met Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim recently to outline her vision for the country. Her platform for election as ANC president has been "radical economic transformation" and some of the proposals her followers articulate resonate with long-standing Numsa policies. These include land expropriation without compensation and the nationalisation of the South African Reserve Bank. The meeting, which Business Day has confirmed with insiders at Numsa, raised an uproar among some union members who were concerned that Jim could be pursuing personal ambitions by engaging with Dlamini-Zuma. Insiders likened the meeting to one held in 2012 with President Jacob Zuma in which Jim had apparently lobbied for then federation general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi to be elected deputy presiden...
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