Bloomberg reports that union federation Cosatu is looking to alter the balance of power in its alliance with the ANC and wants the party to change its constitution to limit the president’s power to reshuffle his Cabinet.  

Cosatu’s general secretary said on Tuesday:  "The ANC constitution must be amended to tell the president of the ANC what he can do.  The ANC constitution should say even that if the law allows it, its president in government will not make decisions alone."  Cosatu and the SA Communist Party (SACP) have accused President Jacob Zuma of alienating the ANC’s allies by spurning consultation and making Cabinet changes that knocked the rand and bonds and prompted credit rating downgrades.   Ntshalintshali went on to say:  "We must re-configure the alliance.  The alliance must be the political centre, in other words we must be equal partners."

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