Cosatu Expelled Again.

Reports that the expulsion of 18 senior members of the Congress of South African Trade Union's from Zimbabwe in early February 2005 has triggered a protests among South African civil society organizations, church groups and youth organizations riled by the African National Congress'(ANC) policy of quiet diplomacy. Formulation of plans to mobilize mass-based protests in South Africa against the Mugabe regime; Decision by Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change to participate in parliamentary elections on March 31, 2005; Rift between Cosatu and the ANC.