Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini seems set on a collision course with the majority of the labour federation’s member unions over the issue of who should succeed President Jacob Zuma. Dlamini has thus far projected himself as a nonpartisan player, though there is an expectation that he will steer Cosatu towards supporting Zuma's ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. But, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa's campaign within Cosatu seems to be at an advanced stage and Dlamini will have the almost insurmountable task of convincing the federation's biggest unions otherwise.
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