eNCA writes that the SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) is in crisis with some members accusing general secretary Zenzo Mahlangu of running the union as if it was his own business.  

Some Satawu delegates from the Western and Eastern Cape said they were locked out of special central executive committee (CEC) meeting held in Johannesburg on Friday because they came from five provinces facing disbandment for differing with Mahlangu on a number of issues.  “So we decided on our own that we will come here, because we believe that this is the central executive committee that will take a decision about us, not him,” said Satawu Eastern Cape secretary Zandile Phakathi.  But Mahlangu said they were mistaken because the CEC did not have powers to remove provincial leaders and that issues in respect of provincial leadership should be dealt with at provincial level.  For some, the present infighting and divisive leadership battles are reminiscent of the April 2015 tensions, which led to the brutal assassination of the union’s Gauteng provincial secretary Chris Nkosi.

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