Alliance unity is a charade, says race relations.

Byline: JULIUS BAUMANN

Alliance unity is a charade, says race relations THE African National Congress (ANC) was in a strong position to dump its alliance partners, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), the South African Institute of Race Relations said yesterday. In an article written by deputy CEO Frans Cronje, it argues that trade union membership amounted to only a small portion of the ANC's voter support base and that the party stood to lose very little support in dropping its alliance partners. Cronje said trade union membership was only 3,5-million employees, of which only half were aligned to Cosatu. Arguably …