Cosatu appoints new spokesperson

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), South Africa's largest labour federation, has appointed a new media spokesman.

Mbulelo Paul Notyawa, an advocate of the Supreme Court of Appeal, lecturer and trade union education officer, would at first work jointly with acting spokesman Patrick Craven, Cosatu said in a statement today.

Craven said Notyawa would be introduced to the media at Cosatu's next press conference. - Sapa