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Business Report writes that an attempted power grab by a faction of paper and chemicals union Ceppwawu failed in the high court in Pretoria last week, leaving the beleaguered union in an even deeper constitutional and financial hole.
Instead, Ceppwawu (Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union) general secretary Simon Mofokeng and president Thamsanqa Mhlongo will have to rely on messy and protracted disciplinary hearings in the coming weeks to rid themselves of their rivals. The two have suspended 11 senior members and fired one more. Ceppwawu, a Cosatu affiliate, has been rent down the middle for years, in a fight fuelled by Mofokeng and his allies’ attempts to grab direct control of the union’s R6-billion investment fund.
- Read this report by Amy Musgrave in full at Business Report
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