JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest union will not support the ruling ANC in elections next year, its general secretary said on Friday, in a blow to President Jacob Zuma, whose political support with the working class is fast eroding.
The salvo from the 330,000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is also another sign that an alliance forged with the African National Congress (ANC) in the common struggle against apartheid is falling apart.
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