JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's main trade union federation, COSATU, expelled Zwelinzima Vavi, its popular general secretary but a vocal critic of President Jacob Zuma and the ruling African National Congress, senior union sources told Reuters.
The decision was taken on Monday night after the Congress of South African Trade Union's leaders decided Vavi had acted improperly by refusing to attend COSATU meetings and failing to endorse the expulsion of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, the federation's largest affiliate, sources said on Tuesday.
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