NATASHA MARRIAN: An alliance of growing acrimony

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Cosatu won’t back Ramaphosa for second term, but it’s shackled to the ANC by golden handcuffs, writes NatashaMarrian.

The heckling of ANC chair Gwede Mantashe at the Cosatu elective congress this week was hardly surprising.

It follows growing frustration among Cosatu affiliates with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration — on May 1 angry union members shouted down the president himself at the federation’s Workers’ Day rally in Rustenburg. ..A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.

 

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