Ramaphosa Ally to Lead South Africa's Biggest Labor Group
- Cosatu elects Zingwisa Losi as its first woman president
- Losi’s election may bolster labor support for ANC in 2019 vote
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A close ally of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected the leader of the country’s biggest labor union group, bolstering the odds that it will back him and the ruling African National Congress in next year’s elections.
Zingiswa Losi was elected unopposed as president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions by more than 2,000 delegates who attended its national congress in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Formerly Cosatu’s second-deputy president, Losi is the first woman to lead the 33-year-old federation.