Embattled Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has come out swinging in a speech to the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) in the Eastern Cape, again apologising for his affair with an Eastern Cape employee, the subsequent rape allegations and lambasting government for adopting the national development plan (NDP).

Last weekend, shocking claims emerged that Vavi had raped a Cosatu employee. The accuser did not lay criminal charges against him but brought an internal complaint against Vavi to Cosatu. Vavi laid extortion charges against her, and alleged that the 26-year-old woman asked him for money in exchange for her silence.

Vavi admitted to having sex with her, but insisted it was consensual. The accuser withdrew her complaint to Cosatu on the first day of the inquiry.
For more http://www.mg.co.za