The credentials was put to vote after the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) rejected the adoption of the congress credentials that included Liberated Metal Workers Union of South Africa (Limusa) as an affiliate and second deputy president Zingiswa Losi as a national office bearer.

A total of 1,962 delegates voted for the adoption of the credentials, while 331 were opposed to it, and 187 abstained.

Fawu’s objections stem from the fact that Losi was suspended as a National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) shopsteward before she joined the police as a Police and Prisons Civil Rights Unions (Popcru) shopsteward. Fawu, supported by the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu), wanted Losi to be withdrawn from the list of national office bearers.

The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) and South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) had supported each order for the adoption of the credentials.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) demanded that Fawu should withdraw its motion as it had no bearing.

Sadtu then called for the matter to be decided by a vote.

ANA