Tag: NUMSA
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How the Metal of NUMSA was Bent
Animating all of this is a bigger strategic rift between rival factions of Numsa and the broader federation. In 2018, SAFTU convened a working-class summit (WCS) where 147 organizations representing unions, social movements, and civics were present. The majority of delegates affirmed the need to form a new working-class party, but the question of when…
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Where do trade unions go from here?
In South Africa, the seismic shifts in unionism triggered by the Marikana Massacre have sadly not resulted in a union movement better equipped to tackle the issues that workers face. By Naadira Munshi Originally published by Africa is a Country This post is part of a series that accompanies the symposium “Marikana, 10 years on,”…
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What does it have to do with Marikana?
By Benjamin Fogel and Claire-Anne Lester Originally published in Africa is a Country The Marikana Massacre changed democratic South Africa forever. It can also catalyze resistance to the current order. If one were to pick a moment when the narrative of post-apartheid South Africa as a nation, for all its faults, generally stumbling forward in the…
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