Tag: NUMSA
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Socialism at the Forefront of Numsa’s New Political Party
A socialist South Africa led by the working class – this is the vision of the newly registered political party, the Socialist Revolutionary Workers’ Party (SRWP). At the party’s two-day long pre-launch conference, over a thousand delegates congregated to discuss, what it means to promote socialism in South Africa. Keep reading »
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Working Class Movement Must Be Independent
South African Federation of Trade Unions says workers are not at summit to moan but to announce a radical and revolutionary programme. Keep reading »
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NUMSA Statement on its 10th National Congress
South Africa’s biggest trade union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, held its 10th National Congress from 12-15 December 2016 in Cape Town. This statement was written on … Keep reading »
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South Africa’s Troubled Alliance and the Road Ahead
An Interview with Karl Cloete The expulsion of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) from COSATU in November 2014 was a watershed moment in the post-apartheid labour … Keep reading »
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South Africa and the Changing Politics of Labour
Part 1: The Demise of COSATU The two biggest signifiers of the state of the labour movement in South Africa in 2014 are, on the one hand, a terminal crisis within … Keep reading »
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New Working Class Leadership and the Prospects for Socialist Politics in South Africa
The dramatic upsurge of popular grass-roots protest in South Africa’s townships and rural areas in recent years has been well-termed as marking a virtual “rebellion of the poor” in that … Watch video »
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“Manifestos and Reality”
A Presentation to the Cape Town Press Club by NUMSA General Secretary I speak to you today with a powerful and united mandate from 341,150 metalworkers. They made their views extremely … Keep reading »
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NUMSA Rupture Could Mark New Start for Socialist Politics in South Africa
The resolutions adopted at the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa’s (NUMSA’s) congress in December mark an important rupture in South African politics. NUMSA, the Congress of South African … Keep reading »