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ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… formation of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in March 1955. Government legislations and SACTU’s responses Apart from racial intolerance by…
SACTU Declaration of Principles
… SACTU Declaration of Principles …
Individuals involved with SACTU
… Individuals involved with SACTU …
ArticleSACTU, TUCSA and UTP
… SACTU, TUCSA and UTP …
References and further reading pertaining to SACTU
… References and further reading pertaining to SACTU …
Organize... or Starve! - The history of the SACTU
… Organize... or Starve! - The history of the SACTU …
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
Introduction The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is South Africa's second largest trade union federation with more than 400 000 members. Its largest…
Santu Mofokeng
ArticleSouth African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU)
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
Background On 1 April 1997, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) was established with a membership of around 515 000, becoming the second largest…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… 000 workers join South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) . 1953 Introduction of the Native Labour (Settlement … (SAT & LC). 1955 South African…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… to establish the South African Congress of Trade Unions (Sactu), which held its first annual congress in 1956. Sactu joined the ANC-led Congress Alliance,…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… being after the South African Congress of Trade Unions ( SACTU ) and Federation of Free African Trade Unions (FFATU) … removed from affiliation with…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… that later formed the South African Trade Union Council (SACTU ) . SACTU diverged from TUCSA's principle of playing a non-political role. Moreover, SACTU was…
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
… OR STARVE: South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) Links SA Labour History Project site The Wiehahn …
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… and violence. The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) recognized the effort of the Natal women. Their demonstrations had a profound impact on…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… demise of the South African Congress of Trades Unions (Sactu) Emerging in the early apartheid period, Sactu was so interlinked with the Congress-aligned…
The turn to armed struggle
… turn to the armed struggle. Younger members of the ANC and SACTU were also increasingly growing dissatisfied with this …
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… from different trade union and political backgrounds, SACTU unionists, student radicals and sympathetic registered …
ArticleSharpeville
… (SACP) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) sent some of their most senior members abroad to …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… Durban. 1955 - 1963 South African Congress of Trade Union (SACTU) headquarters in Johannesburg opens communication lines … conference of the South African…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… Democrats and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) into a non-racial united front known as the Congress …
ArticleList of SADF raids into Neigbouring Countries
… First 1984 28June Lubango (Angola); letter bomb kills SACTU member Jeanette Schoon and daughter 1985 13 February …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… ANC were formed during the period, for instance FEDSAW and SACTU. During the 1950s a series of boycotts, demonstrations … periods. 24 March, The executives…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… state of emergency when many trade Union Comrades and all SACTU leaders were detained in 1960, the unions were faced … factory and some at our flat. BANJWA…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… of Textile Workers SACP , South African Communist Party SACTU , South African Communist Party SACTWU, Southern …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
… of Communists in South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). By this time Dadoo is in hospital. He sends a …
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… went on to form the South African Council of Trade Unions (SACTU) -- a non-racialist formation that committed itself to both economic and broader political…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… call made by the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in 1957, and followed up as an ongoing campaign in 1959 dubbed the anti-poverty campaign…