In a surprising turn of events, the South African government has made an eleventh-hour turnabout on its decision to support Professor Mthunzi Mdwaba’s candidacy as the next director general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Should Mdwaba have succeeded, yet another South African would’ve occupied a powerful high-profile position in the United Nations - yet the government is said to have ordered that the country can support anyone else but Mdwaba.

The ILO is an agency of the UN that is mandated to advance social and economic justice through setting international labour standards.  

Lukhoa Mnguni is joined by Professor Mdwaba on this segment.