http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2007/12/16/why-supporting-zuma-may-yet-backfire-on-cosatu en-us 40 Third world country. First world politics. <p><span class="caps">COSATU</span> (well, at least its Secretary-General, Zwelinzima Vavi) has been pretty outspoken about its support for Zuma, and yet Zuma&#8217;s proposed second-in-command, current <span class="caps">ANC</span> Secretary-General, Kgalema Motlanthe, is <a href="http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=327875&#38;area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/">not too sure about the future</a> of the tri-partite alliance.</p> <blockquote> <p>Motlanthe asked candid questions about the relevance of the tripartite alliance in the context of divergent political, ideological and economic values among the stakeholders in the current climate.</p> </blockquote> <p>Now, should Zuma win, does <span class="caps">COSATU</span> believe the rifts in the tri-partite alliance will magically heal? Considering the whole Zuma/Mbeki fight goes all the way back to Operation Vula in the early &#8216;90s, I&#8217;m not so sure.</p> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:39:00 -0600 urn:uuid:e4004bba-c57e-42d4-b82f-eae632f50081 Farrel http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2007/12/16/why-supporting-zuma-may-yet-backfire-on-cosatu ANC COSATU