Nehawu wants Ramaphosa to replace Zuma now
Cosatu’s biggest affiliate also wants the ANC to make a ‘unifying’ decision by naming Cyril Ramaphosa as Zuma’s successor
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) has called on President Jacob Zuma to resign. Nehawu is the largest member union of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and among its most influential affiliates. Its call on Tuesday comes amid growing opposition to Zuma within the ANC and its alliance partners. Most Cosatu affiliates made clear they wanted Zuma to step down at a central executive committee meeting after the 2016 local elections, to assess the causes of the party’s eight percentage point decline. However, that discussion was held behind closed doors and was not made public. Nehawu, which draws its membership mainly from government workers, becomes the first Cosatu union to call publicly on Zuma to resign. In a statement after a meeting of its national executive committee, Nehawu said the situation had now become untenable. "Whilst we believe that no single individual, even as president of the country, can be solely responsible for all t...
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