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FILE: Numsa was voted out of Cosatu last month. Picture: Twitter via @Radio702.

Numsa considers legal opinion

Numsa dismisses claims of plot for regime change

By Govan Whittles

An allegedly bogus intelligence report has emerged on the union's supposed plans for regime change.

  • FILE: Congress of South African Trade Union (Cosatu) house in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Picture: Janice Healing/EWN.

    Cosatu served with legal papers

    Unions say the legal papers will force Cosatu into convening a special national congress.

    2822 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu's national leaders have released a joint statement saying they're trying to find solutions to the union's problems. Picture: EWN.

    Cosatu ‘working together’ to solve problems

    Cosatu's national leaders say they've decided to try and find solutions to the federation's problems.

    2828 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu President Sidumo Dlamini says Cosatu will bounce back stronger. Picture: Reinart Toerein/EWN.

    'Cosatu will emerge stronger than ever'

    Cosatu president S'dumo Dlamini says the federation will emerge from its current problems stronger than ever.

    2830 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu House in Braamfontein. Picture: Sapa.

    Numsa's allies launch rebellion against Cosatu

    Numsa's allies in Cosatu say victimisation won’t stop them from speaking out.

    2831 days ago
  • Cosatu president S'dumo Dlamini is seen at the trade union federation's 11th national congress at Gallagher Estate in Midrand on Monday, 17 September 2012. The Cosatu congress is reportedly expected to debate the ANC's leadership battle. Picture:Werner Beukes/SAPA

    'Sidumo Dlamini is the Ebola of Cosatu'

    Seven Cosatu affiliates, who have thrown support behind Numsa following the union’s expulsion at the weekend, have described their decision to withdraw from the federation’s top structures as a battle for its soul.

    2832 days ago
  • ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe. Picture: EWN.

    ANC: Decision to expel Numsa tragic, disappointing

    Gwede Mantashe says the union's removal is not only bad for Cosatu but for society in general.

    2832 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa was expelled from Cosatu at the weekend. Picture: Twitter via @Radio702.

    7 Cosatu affiliates suspend participation in CEC

    The unions have described Numsa's expulsion from Cosatu as a sad and shameful week for South Africa.

    2832 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa members Numsa take part in a strike action in Johannesburg. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee/EPA.

    'Decision to expel Numsa not easy'

    Cosatu's S'dumo Dlamini says the federation reached the decision with a heavy heart and much reluctance.

    2832 days ago
  • Supporters of Numsa. Picture: Twitter, @Radio702.

    'Numsa's expulsion is unforgivable'

    Cosatu's founding general secretary, Jay Naidoo, says Numsa's expulsion feels like a stab in the gut.

    2832 days ago
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    The night of the long knives

    Jay Naidoo says the expulsion of Numsa from Cosatu is a crossroads for our country as a whole.

    2832 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa General Secretary Irvin Jim. Picture: Sapa.

    Numsa: ANC's Mantashe orchestrated expulsion

    Irvin Jim says Mantashe should not act sad, but "look for the nearest cliff and jump."

    2832 days ago
  • The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa)'s president Andrew Chirwa at a press conference in Newtown Johannesburg on 9 November 2014 following the union's expulsion from trade union federation Cosatu. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Numsa, Cosatu war of words set to continue

    Metalworker's union Numsa was expelled from the trade union federation Cosatu this weekend.

    2833 days ago
  • Irvin Jim argued that despite a lengthy presentation based on logic and facts, the metalworkers union’s rival faction in Cosatu succeeded in booting out Numsa. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    NUM hopeful of Numsa's return to Cosatu

    Numsa will now meet with its leaders to decide if it should challenge it’s expulsion in court.

    2833 days ago
  • Numsa's Irvin Jim at the press briefing about the union's expulsion from Cosatu, on 09 November 2014. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Irvin Jim hits back at Cosatu leaders over expulsion

    Numsa's Irvin Jim, says its expulsion is the result of corrupt leaders who are serving their own interests.

    2833 days ago
  • FILE: The ANC’s Gwede Mantashe says Numsa’s expulsion from Cosatu is bad for South Africa's worker movement. Picture: EPA.

    'Numsa's expulsion is bad for ANC and Cosatu'

    The ANC’s Gwede Mantashe says Numsa’s expulsion from Cosatu is bad for South Africa's worker movement.

    2833 days ago
  • FILE: Sanco described Numsa’s expulsion from Cosatu as a huge setback while the ANC called the situation tragic. Picture: EWN.

    Shock waves continue after Numsa's expulsion

    Sanco described Numsa’s expulsion from Cosatu as a huge setback while the ANC called the situation tragic.

    2833 days ago
  • Numsa was Cosatu’s largest affiliate with nearly three hundred and fifty thousand members. Picture: AFP.

    Numsa expulsion an ‘attempt to divide working class’

    Numsa was expelled from Africa’s largest trade union federation in the early hours of the morning.

    2834 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa says it will now consult with the eight Cosatu affiliates that supported its call for a special national congress. Picture: EPA.

    Numsa to consult with other Cosatu affiliates

    Numsa will now consult with eight Cosatu affiliates that supported its call for a special national congress.

    2834 days ago
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