Cosatu president faces chop
24/02/2008 10:54  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - Congress of SA Trade Union (Cosatu) President Willie Madisha might be fired on Tuesday, the City Press reported online on Saturday.

"His expulsion will signal the intensification of a campaign to rid Cosatu of leaders who backed President Thabo Mbeki's failed bid for a third-term as ANC leader," the newspaper said.

Madisha's fate is likely to be decided in the four-day central executive meeting which is suppose to start on Sunday.

He is accused of bringing the federation into disrepute for his alleged involvement in the SA Communist Party's R500 000 saga.

Madisha said last year that he handed the donation from businessman Charles Modise to SACP general-secretary Blade Nzimande.

The matter is being investigated by the police and a commission was established to probe the Cosatu president's role in the saga.

Although the contents of the report are still not known, sources within the trade union told City Press that Madisha's fate was already "sealed".

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