IOL News reports that the majority of delegates attending the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) congress say the union is ready to part ways with the ANC-led alliance.  

The members say the ruling party, the SA Communist Party (SACP) and labour federation Cosatu have failed to serve the interests of workers.  The exception were delegates from the Western Cape, who implored congress not to cut ties but rather spend time explaining to workers what its expectations of the alliance were and what its failures had been.  However, those who addressed the gathering’s plenary on Wednesday would not have any of it, saying their mandate was clear.  A Limpopo delegate said “the marriage we had in the alliance is over.”  The same call was echoed by Gauteng, Free State, North West and the Eastern Cape, who urged the union to find a new political home in the Numsa-formed United Front.

Read this report by Theto Mahlakoana in full at IOL News

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