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BusinessLive writes that Cosatu’s biggest affiliate, the National Health Education and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), could emerge from next week’s elective congress in Boksburg bruised.
According to union sources, general secretary Bereng Soke’s position was set to be contested by his deputy, Zola Sapeta. This despite the majority of the union’s provinces pronouncing in favour of maintaining the current leadership in the interest of unity and to forgo the ripple effects that would be caused by rifts within Nehawu. Should the union follow the direction of some of Cosatu’s ailing unions that are dogged by infighting, the federation, which is only starting to rebuild after the internal battles that lost it Numsa and Fawu, will deteriorate. Nehawu is the majority union in the public sector and 2017 is a critical year for workers as negotiations with government get under way in September. The congress will discuss the union’s stance on wage hikes ahead of the finalisation of the Cosatu position by its joint mandating committee,
- Read this report by Theto Mahlakoana with Ngwako Modjadji in full at BusinessLive
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