Two weeks ago, ANC-alliance partner, Cosatu announced that it had lost confidence in President Jacob Zuma and he should be recalled. They also decided against attending the president's 75th birthday celebrations in Kliptown, Soweto. Now if two of its affiliated unions have their way, Zuma will not be addressing the organisation's main May Day rally in Bloemfontein on Monday and if he does, he is likely to find himself addressing a hostile crowd. By JILLIAN GREEN.
Tradition has it that the May Day event attended by Cosatu's president would be the one to which the ANC president would be deployed. So when Cosatu invited its alliance partner to deploy ANC members to attend and address its rallies around the country, it was no surprise that President Jacob Zuma was deployed to the main event at Loch Logan Park in Bloemfontein, where Cosatu President Sidumo Dlamini would be present.
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