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#WorkersDay A retired academic from the University of Limpopo Lucas Nemutanzhela says the EFF's announcement to start a labour union is a way taking advantage of the ANC's flaws and doesn't have much to do with its capabilities to steer the union. IMS
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#WorkersDay EFF leader Julius Malema indicated the party's intention to create its own labour union, during the EFF's May Day rally in Mpumalanga at the weekend. IMS

#WorkersDay Nemutanzhela says the workers' protest against President Cyril Ramaphosa at a Cosatu May Day celebration on Sunday is a vote of no confidence on the ANC. IMS

#WorkersDay Cosatu members disrupted the programme at Rustenburg, subsequently dissolving the gathering before the president could give his keynote address. IMS

#WorkersDay Nemutanzhela says this also speaks to the dissatisfaction of people on Ramaphosa's unfulfilled promise to visit the families of the Marikana massacre victims. IMS

#WorkersDay He says it shows the compromised relationship between the ANC and Congress of South African Trade Unions which stand as the party's biggest pillar. IMS