"This is a deliberate act of defiance on my part." This was Zwelinzima Vavi essentially requesting that the trade union federation Cosatu fire him. At a melodramatic media briefing on Sunday afternoon, the soon-to-be sacked Cosatu general secretary made the rather bizarre, somewhat contradictory announcement that he had "reached the end of the road" but was not resigning from the federation.
He then proceeded to air Cosatu's dirty laundry, including its financial troubles, all in the presence of a throng of Numsa members - the union expelled from the very building he was speaking at. In his head, Vavi's strategy makes perfect sense. To the rest of the world, not so much.
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