Johannesburg – Cosatu general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is embroiled in an alleged rape and blackmail scandal in which he is accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague who then demanded R2m for the problem to go away.

City Press has obtained documents which lift the lid on the scandal, and the married Vavi on Friday confirmed the allegations against him but denied he had raped the woman.

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