The New Age reports that Mzwandile Makwayiba, president of the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), said on Sunday that he had high hopes of returning to the helm of the union.  

This comes as the union’s 11th national congress kicks off in Boksburg on Monday.  But, there is corridor talks of a change of guard at the helm of the union.  It is believed that deputy general secretary Zola Sapheta will be contesting incumbent general secretary Bereng Sokwe’s position, while deputy-president Mike Shingange will be contesting Makwayiba for the position of president.  Nehawu deputy president Mike Shingange said that he would not be contesting Makwayiba for the union’s top post.    With Nehawu being the first Cosatu union to publicly break ranks with Zuma by asking him to resign last year in November, Makwayiba said the union’s position on Zuma remained unchanged.

• Read this report by Bonolo Selebano in full at The New Age

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