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BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… formation of the South African Congress of Trades Unions (SACTU) . He was one of the first to be banned under the …
ArchiveSactwu critisises ANC`s lack of consultation
NACTU members launch a new trade union
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… leaflets of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), on the charge of trespassing railway property. He was …
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… advisor to the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and ANC. He joined the Communist Party in 1938,while …
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… izibongo but the subject matter is more contemporary: For SACTU had come down the Mnqadodo River at Hammarsdale Setting … rays To the West The sun had not…
ArchiveSACWU in the Western Cape: the Plascon strike
ArchiveNACTU: Workers` charter on health and safety - 1988
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… federation, the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). Lesiea was responsible for enlisting members from the …
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…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… secretary of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) , and belonged to the South African Coloured People's …
BiographyWilliam Mothipa (Willie) Madisha
Willie Madisha grew up in the Atteridgeville Township of Pretoria. He completed his high school education in Attridgeville and then studied to become a teacher…
ArchiveNACTU Works For Women by Crecentia Mofokeng (SPEAK), February 1994, Johannesburg
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations NACTU 1993 - 1994
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations NACTU 1989 - 1992
Patriotic teachers should de-link from SADTU - AZAPO by Funani ka Ntontela
James Mndaweni, South African worker’s union leader and president of NACTU, is born.
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… to work for the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) but was forced to give up that job after eleven …
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
… Then in 1950s the South African Congress of Trade Unions (Sactu) organised militant workers. The union realised that … with the banning of political…
BiographyNcumisa Chwayita Kondlo
Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo grew up in the rural village of Peddie in the Eastern Cape. Kondlo was politically active from an early age. In her student days at…
BiographyChris Hani
… contact with the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). This increased his awareness of the workers' …
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…
BiographyBarend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus
Barend Jacobus Erasmus was born to Barend Jacobus Gerrit Wessel Erasmus and Susara Catharina Elizabeth Horak on 29 December 1918 in Johannesburg. His father…
ABBREVIATIONS USED
… Steel Corporation of South Africa LC - Local Committee (SACTU) LKB - Langeberg Ko-Operasie Besperk MC – Management … (Congress Alliance) NEC - National…
Address to the SADTU 3rd National Congress by Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU Deputy Secretary General
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,…
BiographyIsmail Vadi
Ismail Vadi was born in 1960 in Kliptown where the historic Congress of the Congress was held in 1955. He matriculated at the Trinity Secondary School in…
BiographyNosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi
Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi was born on 25 September 1959 in Gugulethu (Western Cape). She was the Deputy President of the African National Congress Women’s…
BiographyMary Malete
Mary Malete was the president of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) and the first president of the South African Confederation of Trade Unions …