Johannesburg - The national metalworkers union Numsa is set to pull out of the ANC-led tripartite alliance and form its own federation.
Numsa will also dissuade its members from voting for the ruling party next year.
According to the Sunday Independent, Numsa is also considering forming a political party or a civic movement.
Numsa’s plans are contained in discussion documents drawn up ahead of the union’s special congress scheduled for next year.
Numsa has over 320 000 members and is a large contributor to Cosatu’s coffers. It also contributes millions of rands to the ANC’s election campaign.
However, following ongoing battles within Cosatu and the suspension of the federation’s embattled leader Zwelinzima Vavi, Numsa, a staunch Vavi supporter, has withheld R8m budgeted for the ANC’s election campaign.
The tripartite alliance, which is made up of the ANC, Cosatu and the SA Communist Party (SACP), held an economic summit in September to discuss the proposed National Development Plan (NDP).
At the time, President Jacob Zuma said the summit had gone very well, although both Cosatu and the SACP have been very vocal in their criticism of the NDP, which the ruling party wants to adopt as a key policy making document.
Numsa will also dissuade its members from voting for the ruling party next year.
According to the Sunday Independent, Numsa is also considering forming a political party or a civic movement.
Numsa’s plans are contained in discussion documents drawn up ahead of the union’s special congress scheduled for next year.
Numsa has over 320 000 members and is a large contributor to Cosatu’s coffers. It also contributes millions of rands to the ANC’s election campaign.
However, following ongoing battles within Cosatu and the suspension of the federation’s embattled leader Zwelinzima Vavi, Numsa, a staunch Vavi supporter, has withheld R8m budgeted for the ANC’s election campaign.
The tripartite alliance, which is made up of the ANC, Cosatu and the SA Communist Party (SACP), held an economic summit in September to discuss the proposed National Development Plan (NDP).
At the time, President Jacob Zuma said the summit had gone very well, although both Cosatu and the SACP have been very vocal in their criticism of the NDP, which the ruling party wants to adopt as a key policy making document.