Cosatu weighs election 2019 support for ANC, and possibly SACP
The political report is to be discussed at federation’s congress next week
Cosatu will support the ANC in the 2019 national election but it may also decide to throw its weight behind the SA Communist Party (SACP) as it works to build a popular front to potentially contest future elections. This is according to proposed resolutions as well as the labour federation’s political report to be discussed at Cosatu’s national congress next week. Business Day has seen the political report likely to be presented at the congress. The proposed resolution on the SACP is put forward by three of Cosatu’s largest unions — the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu), the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Adopting the proposal could mean a long-term shake-up of SA politics. It is also key for the governing party, which cannot afford another divisive split given the decline in its electoral support in national and local elections in the past decade. The SACP resolved last year to look into ways to build a p...
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