SADTU calls on Vavi to stop playing hide and seek
30 March 2015
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) is not fazed by COSATU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi's latest stunt - a press conference at the Federation's headquarters to insult and make a mockery of the Federation while his cronies applauded. We find it hard to accept that he convened the "public show" in our offices only to speak ill against the Federation. He has milked dry his charm offensive to profile himself as a victim of a purge seeking pity not only from Federation members but the entire country.
Our first demand to Vavi is that on his next public sympathy seeking show, he must find an alternative location such as a hotel which he could have used to fulfill his sexual desires with a junior staff member in the first place. He is not welcome to advance his media adventures in our offices only to antagonize us in public.
His arrogance is visible to everyone. We caution him to abandon popstarism and engage in real issues. He has turned COSATU's problems into a tool to market himself. He has defined himself as a person of strong political will above everyone and is not wiling to work within the confines of the Federation
Vavi has continued to project himself as the Messiah of the working class when he knows very well that he has questions to answer to the auditors report. We want to make it clear to Vavi that COSATU made him and not the other way round. His love for the media has given the Federation bad publicity. What was he trying to achieve by exposing the Union's financial situation to the media? We find it strange that this self acclaimed disciplined leader chooses to use the media to discuss and expose matters that are dealt with in the internal structures of the Federation.