Cosatu rupture: Stop the slow slide to irrelevance - just do it

A year ago, Cosatu was lurching from crisis to crisis and the fate of general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and metalworkers union Numsa hung in the balance. Twelve months later, the crisis has deepened, Vavi and Numsa are still halfway out the door, and the same 'Apocalypse Now' stories are being written. There is one thing that all the protagonists in the great Cosatu power divide should consider: Has South Africa fallen apart due to the paralysis in the federation? The answer is a resounding 'No!' The longer Cosatu remains in its dysfunctional holding pattern, the more it becomes irrelevant. Everyone is fatigued by the endless attempts to break up. Seriously, just get it over with now. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.