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Some Cosatu affiliates are expected to question the “urgency” and “timing” of a crunch meeting of the central executive committee at which the fate of embattled general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi could be determined. File photo: Antoine de Ras<\/p>\n
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Durban – Some Cosatu affiliates are expected to question the \u201curgency\u201d and \u201ctiming\u201d of Wednesday\u2019s crunch meeting of the central executive committee at which the fate of embattled general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi could be determined. <\/p>\n
Cosatu\u2019s biggest affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) and the South African Municipal Workers\u2019 Union (Samwu) are expected to ask that the special central executive committee meeting be called off. <\/p>\n
But Vavi\u2019s opponents are expected to call for his suspension over his admitted extramarital affair with a member of the union federation\u2019s junior staff. <\/p>\n
Unions expected to call for tough action against Vavi include the National Union of Mineworkers, the South African Democratic Teachers\u2019 Union, the National Health and Allied Workers\u2019 Union and police union Popcru. <\/p>\n
Numsa, which has been vocal in its support for Vavi, will hold a press briefing on Monday – after its own meeting on Sunday – to present its position on the special central executive committee meeting. <\/p>\n
Numsa spokesman Castro Ngobese said the key outcomes of its meeting would be explained by its president, Cedric Gina, general secretary, Irvin Jim, and treasurer, Mphumzi Maqungo. <\/p>\n
Fawu general secretary Katishi Masemola said on Sunday that his union would argue that there were no grounds to hold a special central executive committee meeting because the matter could not be considered \u201curgent\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf the matter is packaged as a report back from the grievance, then we don\u2019t think it warrants a special central executive committee unless there is more than we are told. We will argue that we must wait for an ordinary central executive committee,\u201d said Masemola. <\/p>\n
The national office bearers of not fewer than a third of the affiliates can request a special meeting of the central executive committee, according to Cosatu\u2019s constitution. <\/p>\n
Popcru general secretary Nkosinathi Theledi refused to comment on his union\u2019s position. He said there was no way to pre-empt what would happen at the meeting. <\/p>\n
Popcru provided evidence of Vavi\u2019s alleged involvement in the \u201cimproper\u201d sale and purchase of Cosatu buildings in the ongoing probe into Vavi. <\/p>\n
Public sector union Samwu is to hold its own special national executive meeting on Tuesday to discuss how it will challenge the meeting on technical grounds. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you remember there was a normal Cosatu meeting and these other unions requested that it be postponed because they wouldn\u2019t be available,\u201d said Samwu general secretary Walter Theledi. <\/p>\n
\u201cNow all of a sudden they want this meeting. These are some of the things we will be querying on Wednesday.\u201d <\/p>\n
Theledi said previously that Vavi had been targeted because he \u201cdared to speak truth to power\u201d on unemployment and corruption. <\/p>\n
Cosatu spokesman Patrick Craven declined to comment on queries about the urgency of the meeting. \u201cCosatu itself is not commenting. It\u2019s an internal matter,\u201d said Craven. <\/p>\n
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