Cosatu supports Zuma for second term

Andiswa Mkosi
18 October 2012

Cosatu says they support President Jacob Zuma to be re-elected for a second term at the ANC’s Mangaung elective-conference in December in the spirit of both continuity and change.

They also endorsed deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe and secretary general Gwede Mantashe.

Excluded from their list of preferred candidates were deputy secretary-general Thandi Modise, treasurer-general Mathews Phosa and chairperson Baleka Mbete.

Modise and Phosa are allies of former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema who has led the charge in campaigning against Zuma.