A2 black on yellow silkscreen; cartoons of workers and bosses; text: POTWA Post and Telecommunication workers Assoication; (Mr Privatisation speech): My machines can do the work of 1000 men. (other man) Where will they find new jobs? (boss) Now pay... more for my service. No money, no service in rural area
(marching workers with banners) UDF We demand restoration of wealth to the people; We demand work and job security
Archive record
POTWA

- Origin date
- 1984
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). POTWA. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116996
South African History Online (2016) 'POTWA', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116996 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, POTWA [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116996, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"POTWA." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116996. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "POTWA." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116996.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Sol Plaatje University
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