Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi fears for his life and has increased security to protect himself, he told Eyewitness News on Monday.

"I am scared. This matter came to the public sphere three years ago, and it seems people who issued the threats then are still on a mission to attain that," he was quoted as saying.

He told the radio station he started receiving death threats in 2010, when he received information that he would "go down"...read more here: I am scared: Vavi