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Delay in Vavi suspension case
Suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi's legal challenge to his suspension will be heard next week instead of on Monday, reports Sapa.
The case was set down in the High Court in Johannesburg for Monday but would now be heard next Thursday and Friday, Vavi said on his Twitter account.
"Please note the judge president shifted my case against illegal suspension from 17/18 to 27/28 March," Vavi tweeted.
Vavi was suspended last year after he confessed to having an affair with an employee. She initially accused him of rape.
According to Sapa, on February 13, Vavi's spokesman John Dludlu said Vavi was discussing the possibility of legal action against the Congress of SA Trade Unions and an auditing firm.
"He is consulting with his lawyers to determine what course of action to take against both the firm and Cosatu," Dludlu told Sapa at the time.
On February 12, the Mail&Guardian reported that Vavi intended suing Cosatu and SizweNtsalubaGobodo for defamation after the release of a damning report against him reports Sapa.
The report by the firm found irregularities relating to the purchase of a new Cosatu building and the sale of the old one.
