COSATU has urged its key alliance partner, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), to retain the contentious step-aside rule or face the prospect of losing the upcoming 2024 national general elections.
This is the message contained in the labour federation’s political overview ahead of its national elective congress to be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre on September 26-29.
“The resolution should be retained at Congress, including enshrined in the ANC’s Constitution,” said COSATU in it report.
“Scrapping it [step-aside rule] will send a damning message to workers that we are tolerant of corruption and criminality. This would come back to haunt us in the 2024 elections.”
The labour federation says it is aware that “the Nasrec Resolution requiring leaders and public representatives of the ANC to step aside once they have been charged for a criminal offence will be a source of major constestation at the National Congress in
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