The year 1983 will test the strength of the trade union movement. Our organisation will be attacked by retrenchment and opportunist political leadership will try and carry workers with them into the false promise of new constitutional structures.
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Editorial
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- 22 Feb 2016
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Editorial. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0106994
South African History Online (2016) 'Editorial', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0106994 (Accessed: 24 July 2026).
South African History Online, Editorial [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0106994, (accessed 24 July 2026).
"Editorial." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0106994. Accessed 24 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Editorial." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0106994.
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