Shaheed Mahomed

At the time of writing this article, 29 October , the official death toll from the Ebola epidemic, mostly in part of West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia), is 4,922. The actual death toll may be substantially higher as many people are being sent home to die.

For weeks, ANC leaders have been attempting to ‘mediate’ between the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) and the African National Congress (ANC)/South African Communist Party (SACP) faction within the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).