Electoral Institute of South Africa

COSATU 6th NATIONAL CONGRESS

National Office Bearers: Election Results and Process

National Office Bearers Elected at 6th National Congress

Incoming National Office Bearers
President	John Gomomo
1st Vice President	Connie September
2nd Vice President	Peter Malepe
General Secretary	Mbhazima Shilowa
Deputy General Secretary	Zwelinzima Vavi
Treasurer	Ronald Mofokeng






Nominations were called for the following positions:

• President
• First Vice President
• Second Vice President
• General Secretary
• Assistant General Secretary
• Treasurer

The deadline for nominations was 31 August 1997.

Nominees had to be nominated by more than one affiliate for the nomination to be valid.

Nominees had to accept or decline nomination.






The following nominations went forward for election:

• President
  • Nominee:

    John Gomomo
    (Unopposed)

• First Vice President
  • Nominees:

    Connie September

    George Nkadimeng

    Peter Malepe was nominated by more than one affiliate, but declined nomination.

    Vusi Nhlapo was nominated by only one affiliate, and this nomination thus fell away as invalid.

• Second Vice President
  • Nominees:

    Connie September

    Peter Malepe

    Vusi Nhlapo was nominated by more than one affiliate, but subsequently withdrew.

    Zwelinzima Vavi was nominated by more than one affiliate, but declined nomination.

• General Secretary
  • Nominee:

    Mbhazima Shilowa
    (Unopposed)

    Zwelinzima Vavi was nominated by only one affiliate, and this nomination thus fell away as invalid.

• Assistant General Secretary
  • Nominee:

    Zwelinzima Vavi
    (Unopposed)

    A constitutional amendment was adopted at Congress, redesignating this position to that of Deputy General Secretary.

• Treasurer
  • Nominee:

    Ronald Mofokeng
    (Unopposed)

    Peter Malepe was nominated for this position, but declined nomination






The election results were declared by EISA as follows:

• President:
  • John Gomomo was declared elected unopposed as President.
• First Vice President
  • An election for First Vice president was held. Voting was as follows:

    George Nkadimeng: 628 votes

    Connie September: 1 321 votes

    Spoilt papers: 14

    Connie September was therefore declared elected as First Vice President.

• Second Vice President
  • The nominees for Second Vice President had been as follows:

    Connie September

    Peter Malepe

    The nomination of Connie September fell away due to her election as First Vice President.

    Peter Malepe was therefore declared elected as Second Vice President.

• General Secretary
  • Mbhazima Shilowa was declared elected unopposed as General Secretary.
• Deputy General Secretary
  • Zwelinzima Vavi was declared elected unopposed as Assistant General Secretary.
• Treasurer
  • Ronald Mofokeng was declared elected unopposed as Treasurer.

Notes:

• EISA had to make several calls to the affiliates who had not sent in their nomination forms by midnight of 31 September 1997. In view of the short notice and that many of the General Secretaries were not in the office when the forms were sent, nomination forms were accepted up until 5:00 p m Wednesday, 3 September 1997.
• Despite several calls to the General Secretaries of SASBO and SAPSA, no nominations were received from them, and nominations were closed.
• The election for First Vice President was conducted by secret ballot against a register of official delegates to Congress.