By Moshoeshoe Monare
Cosatu leaders are to acknowledge to the African National Congress that they have lost control and given in to members' "emotions, beliefs, mood, anger and perception" in demanding that Jacob Zuma be reinstated as deputy president and charges against him withdrawn.
The ANC-led tripartite alliance is meeting on Wednesday to discuss Cosatu's qualms.
The federation's secretary-general, Zwelinzima Vavi, and his deputy, Bheki Ntshalintshali, conceded on Tuesday that they had pandered to the pressure of their members and could be wrong.
'It is possible there may be an element of correctness on both sides' "It is possible that we may be wrong," Vavi said.
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"It is possible there may be an element of correctness on both sides, that there may have been corruption, that those acts of corruption or wrongdoing may have just fed into a political plot.
"If one day it is proven beyond any reasonable doubt that indeed there was some wrongdoing, I guess Cosatu will be kind enough to say, 'No, no, no, we were wrong'."
Zuma is facing corruption charges and his homes were raided by the Scorpions last week.
Vavi said Cosatu's members believe the charges were trumped up.
The ANC, cautious not to lose this election machinery "We are not being emotional and reckless in raising this issue," he said. "We are reading the mood. We were there when the news came that (Zuma's) house was raided.. you would have seen the demonstration of that anger and emotions.
"The overwhelming majority of Cosatu activists and leaders believe there is a conspiracy to deal with (Zuma).
"There is absolutely nothing we can do to change those beliefs," Vavi added, suggesting Cosatu's leaders were caught between an emotional rock and a political hard place.
Ntshalintshali said Cosatu was more concerned about the way the National Prosecuting Authority had dealt with Zuma and the conspiracy "beliefs" this had created in the minds of union members.
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