"Cosatu is campaigning for delegates to adopt policies contained in it's national congress resolutions and progressive policies adopted at the ANC's June policy conference," general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said.

He said Cosatu had produced a document comparing ANC policy conference resolutions with Cosatu's standing policies in order to educate members about overlaps between ANC and Cosatu plans.

Cosatu will send a delegation of 25 members to the Limpopo
conference.They will be able to participate in all discussions, but will not vote.

Cosatu president Willie Madisha would not form part of the
delegation. He has stepped down as Cosatu president following his alleged involvement in the incident when R500,000 was donated to the SA Communist Party (SACP) by businessman Charles Modise.

Madisha allegedly received the money and transported it in the boot of his car to the SACP's general secretary Blade Nzimande. Nzimande denied that he had received the money.

Vavi said Cosatu has set up an independent commission to investigate whether Madisha was still able to discharge his responsibilities as president of Cosatu. The commission headed by Charles Nupen will hold hearings in January
and February next year. The hearing will be held in private.

"The commission is a private commission and will not be conducted in full glare of publicity. The commission is not probing allegations of a half-million rand donation to the SACP by businessman Charles Modise," said Vavi. Other members of the commission are Sophie De Bruyn, advocate Nomazotsho Memane and Peter Harris.

Vavi also said there was a need to have post ANC conference
evaluation as the conference would have long-term ramifications for the ANC and its allies.

"We must evaluate the outcome of the conference and finalise the debate on how we should position ourselves in the context of this outcome, guided by the main conclusion of our 9th National Congress - that the struggle continues.

"A united ANC is the top priority, as a divided ANC will not help workers...it would be a mistake however to underestimate the element of class contestation underlying the leadership contests," he said.