FILE: COSATU general secretary Solly Phetoe (L) and first deputy president Mike Shingange at COSATU House on 24 June 2024. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News
The National Union of Mineworkers has endorsed Shingange ahead of COSATU’s 15th National Congress, which gets underway at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand on Monday.
One of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)’s biggest affiliates has thrown its weight behind 1st Deputy President Mike Shingange to take over the reins of the labour federation.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has endorsed Shingange ahead of COSATU’s 15th National Congress, which gets underway at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand on Monday.
About 1,800 delegates from COSATU’s affiliates are expected to attend the congress, where new national office bearers will be elected.
Shingange could succeed incumbent president Zingiswa Losi, who was re-elected at the federation’s 2022 congress.
The NUM is expected to send about 250 delegates to the congress, giving it significant weight in the leadership contest.
NUM spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu said the union believes Shingange is the right person for the job.
“He’s got the right credentials and he has been the 1st Deputy President of COSATU since he was voted 3 years ago. So, we feel that he is the right person to lead the federation at the moment. There is no other person.”
Source: https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/09/13/num-backs-mike-shingange-to-take-over-cosatus-reins