MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has asked President Jacob Zuma to resign, in a statement issued Tuesday, saying it no longer believed in his leadership abilities.
"COSATU no longer believes that the president is the right person to unite and lead the movement, the Alliance and the country… the time has arrived for him to step down and allow the country to be led forward by a new collective at a government level," it said.
COSATU met for a special meeting of its central executive committee, which condemned last week’s cabinet reshuffle that removed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Although the congress said Ghordan was no "friend of the workers," it complained it had not been consulted for the first time in Zuma’s presidency.
