South Africa’s ANC Struggles to Contain Union Conflict
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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is struggling to contain the fallout of a conflict between labor unions that have underpinned its political dominance since apartheid ended.
Divisions within the 2.2-million-member Congress of South African Trade Unions came to a head on Nov. 8, when the federation expelled the 350,000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa for its decision last year not to back the ANC in elections. Seven of the federation’s 20 other affiliated unions yesterday suspended their involvement in Cosatu and called for Numsa’s reinstatement.