Zwelinzima Vavi (born 20 December 1962[1][2]) is the General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU). He is the former general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and vice-chairperson of the Millennium Labour Council.
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ZwelinzimaVavi (born 20 December 1962) is the General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU). He is the former general secretary...
described by anti-corruption campaigner and former trades unionist ZwelinzimaVavi as being a "shadow government." Multiple Members of Parliament and...
ZwelinzimaVavi, General Secretary of COSATU". cosatu.org.za. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2016. "South Africa: COSATU's ZwelinzimaVavi's Ruth...
featured nyotaimori was criticised by then COSATU secretary general ZwelinzimaVavi, leading to a political row. Also, the ANCWL condemned nyotaimori at...
Protector. The general secretary of ANC Tripartite Alliance partner COSATU ZwelinzimaVavi and general secretary of its largest affiliate NUMSA Irvin Jim subsequently...
SACP secretary general Blade Nzimande and Cosatu secretary general ZwelinzimaVavi) were holding down Lady Justice, with Zuma in a state of undress getting...
and ZwelinzimaVavi of COSATU were among Zuma's chief organisers and most vocal supporters (though both recanted their support years later). Vavi and...
who was a supporter of President Jacob Zuma and whose primary rival, ZwelinzimaVavi, was allied with Numsa. Losi was suspended from Numsa in September...
votes to 345. As leader of the union, he argued for the readmission of ZwelinzimaVavi and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa to the Congress...
Professor (1927–2019) Moses Twebe, South African politician (1916–2013) ZwelinzimaVavi, former general secretary of COSATU, and Trade union leader SAFTU (born...
Majola had a fractious relationship with Cosatu general secretary ZwelinzimaVavi. Pursuant to the 2014 general election, Majola ended his union career...
associates defended Manuel and expressed similar sentiments, with ZwelinzimaVavi of Cosatu agreeing that Manyi's remarks were "absolutely racist" and...
the NUMSA CEC delegates to leave the meeting, but general secretary ZwelinzimaVavi intervened, citing the COSATU constitution to argue NUMSA would need...
leftists, including inside in the ANC and its Tripartite Alliance. ZwelinzimaVavi of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) was an outspoken...
centralised nature of his administration. Blade Nzimande of the SACP and ZwelinzimaVavi of COSATU were among Zuma's chief organisers and most vocal supporters...
especially once SACP and COSATU's general secretaries, Blade Nzimande and ZwelinzimaVavi, became overt supporters of Zuma in his burgeoning rivalry with Mbeki...
wildcat strikes, with similarly ambitious wage demands, at other mines. ZwelinzimaVavi, the general secretary of Cosatu, echoed this concern; as did Baleni...
planning in September 2009. Cosatu called for it to be withdrawn, with ZwelinzimaVavi warning that Manuel would become a de facto "imperial" prime minister...
2004 as a "rebellion of the poor" or a series of "municipal revolts". ZwelinzimaVavi, COSATU Secretary General, has described the increasing rate of popular...
Yacoob, former Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) leader ZwelinzimaVavi, and the South African Council of Churches, called for Zuma to resign...
Plettenberg - visited Colesberg area in 1778 N.P. van Wyk Louw - poet ZwelinzimaVavi - General Secretary of Congress of South African Trade Unions (Hanover)...
between them and ZCTU. On 2 February 2005, a second mission led by ZwelinzimaVavi, Secretary-General of COSATU, was turned back [26] at Harare airport...
Philip Kraft; Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001; p. 206. ZwelinzimaVavi, "Many workers still face terrible treatment", speech given 3 May 2013...
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