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Vavi set to face Saftu music at NEC meeting on Thursday

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vavi1Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is set to meet his accusers this week over allegations that he abused the federation’s credit card to the extent of R65,000 for his personal expenses.

The allegations are expected to be tabled at the SA Federation of Trade Unions’ national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, a week after Saftu president Mac Chavalala asked Vavi to provide reasons as to why he should not be placed on precautionary suspension. While the top leadership insists that Vavi be placed on suspension, 14 affiliates of Saftu have strongly opposed the move. Vavi has also denied the allegations of abuse made against him. Chavalala came under attack for revealing to the media that Vavi allegedly failed to account for the financial misconduct, which was one of a number of reasons advanced by Chavalala and some of his top executives for seeking to place Vavi on precautionary suspension pending disciplinary action against him. “Vavi was the first to raise these matters in the media. He spoke to various radio stations and a TV station about these matters. We were merely replying to allegations he made on those platforms,” Chavalala said. But the affiliates are adamant that the top leadership should have consulted them before issuing any precautionary suspension notice to Vavi. Vusi Ntshangase, who is a Saftu NEC member, described the decision of Chavalala and three others as an attempt by a group of factionalists within Saftu tasked with dividing the federation,

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Baldwin Ndaba on page 2 of Sunday Independent of 20 March 2022
  • Read too, Saftu crisis: 13 unions object to move to suspend Zwelinzima Vavi, at Fin24
  • And also, Vavi sees hand of former ally Jim in bid to oust him, on page 4 of Sunday Times of 20 March 2022


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