South Africa

Affiliates in this country

National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)

General Secretary,
NACTU,
P.O. Box 10928,
johannesburg 2000
South Africa
 
Tel. 27 11 8331040/5
Fax: 27 11 8331032
E-mail: info@nactu.org.za

Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

General Secretary,COSATU,
1-5 Leyds Street,
Braamfontein,
P.O. Box 1019,
johannesburg 2000
South Africa

Federation of Trade Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)

General Secretary
FEDUSA, FEDUSA House
10 Kingfisher Street,
Horizon Park
P.O. Box 7779
Westgate 1734
South Africa
Tel. 27 11 2791800/1/2
Fax: 27 11 2791802
E-mail fedusa@fedusa.org.za

Confederation of South African Workers’ Unions (CONSAWU)

CONSAWU Head Office
21 Adriana Crescent
Gateway Industrial Park Rooishuiskraal X25 Centurion
Postal Address : PO Box 877
Pretoria 0001
Telephone No. (012) 661 4265
Fax No. (012) 661 1793
E-mail : consawu@mweb.co.za

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05/08/2022

Zingiswa Losi (COSATU) taking the floor in the SDG5 session at HLPF 2022

"We will be able to achieve #SDG5 only when women will have equal access to decent work"
Keywords : SDGs ; South Africa; Declarations; ATUDN;
27/12/2021

AFRICAN WORKERS MOURN THE PASSING OF ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND MPILO TUTU

ITUC-Africa s saddened to learn about the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. We extend our condolences to Mam Leah Tutu, the Tutu family, the board and staff of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, the government, workers and people of South Africa, the Elders and Nobel Laureate (...)
Keywords : South Africa; Tributes ;
06/09/2021

Statement on the Global Week of Action on Swaziland 6 -10 September 2021

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has been observing and actively engaging with the tragic developments in Swaziland, notably in the past 3 months. But fact being that it has been happening since the royal state of emergency in 1973 which turned Swaziland into one big (...)
Johanesburg, SA Keywords : South Africa; Declarations; Eswatini Democracy ; Human and trade union rights; Eswatini;
10/10/2020

COSATU NATIONAL STRIKE 2020

On Wednesday 7th October, Hundreds of Cosatu-affiliated union members marched from Cosatu House through the Johannesburg city center to gather at the Mineral Council SA head office. A memorandum was delivered on behalf of millions of workers and people of South Africa. This was within the (...)
Keywords : South Africa; Human and trade union rights; Reports ;

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27/12/2021

AFRICAN WORKERS MOURN THE PASSING OF ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND MPILO TUTU

ITUC-Africa s saddened to learn about the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. We extend our condolences to Mam Leah Tutu, the Tutu family, the board and staff of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, the government, workers and people of South Africa, the Elders and Nobel Laureate (...)
Keywords : South Africa Tributes
06/09/2021

Statement on the Global Week of Action on Swaziland 6 -10 September 2021

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has been observing and actively engaging with the tragic developments in Swaziland, notably in the past 3 months. But fact being that it has been happening since the royal state of emergency in 1973 which turned Swaziland into one big (...)
Johanesburg, SA
Keywords : South Africa Declarations Eswatini Democracy Human and trade union rights Eswatini
10/10/2020

COSATU NATIONAL STRIKE 2020

On Wednesday 7th October, Hundreds of Cosatu-affiliated union members marched from Cosatu House through the Johannesburg city center to gather at the Mineral Council SA head office. A memorandum was delivered on behalf of millions of workers and people of South Africa. This was within the (...)
Keywords : South Africa Human and trade union rights Reports
07/10/2020

MEMORANDUM: COSATU National strike and Day of action

Today, the 7th October, 2020 marks a decisive moment in the history and struggle of the working class in our country and beyond. We are gathered here to express, on behalf of millions of workers and ordinary people; anger, frustration and united solidarity against the horrifying conditions we (...)
7th October, 2020 Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 South Africa Human and trade union rights Memorandum Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity
07/10/2020

CALLING ON ALL WORKERS TO THE FRONTLINES AGAINST CORRUPTION, RETRENCHMENTS, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ATTACKS ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING & WORKERS RIGHTS

The COVID 19 pandemic has brough to the open the very ugly reality of a society that is untransformed and where the majority of people, women, workers and blacks in particular, are facing the daily pain of extreme poverty, inequalities and unemployment in their families and communities. These (...)
Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 South Africa Human and trade union rights Gender Equality Extending Social Protection Communique
23/09/2020

Global Day for Solidarity with Zimbabwean workers: #Solidarity4ZimbabweWorkers

The date of 23th September has been set aside by ITUC and ITUC-Africa as a global day for solidarity with Zimbabwe Workers. Around the globe the trade union movement and other progressive movements took a number of actions against The Zimbabwe government. This include protests at Zimbabwe (...)
Keywords : South Africa Human and trade union rights Reports
05/09/2019

ITUC-Africa MESSAGE FOLLOWING XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA

The Africa Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (www.itucafrica. org) has received with concern the reports of violence that broke out in some suburbs of Johannesburg city center on Sunday and spread to the central business district the days after. We have also (...)
05-09-19 Keywords : South Africa Human and trade union rights Protest letters Peace And Security Extending Social Protection Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment Migration
27/05/2019

African unions want an inclusive free trade agreement

27 May, 2019Unions are being excluded from negotiations on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) because of a fast-track approach being used by governments. The unions are demanding that the AfCFTA should respect workers’ rights and labour standards as found in national laws (...)
13-15 May 2019 Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Keywords : South Africa Reports Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development ATUDN
27/11/2018

PROMOTING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR ALL THROUGH EQUITY AND GENDER EQUALITY

Taking forward the Abidjan declaration from the 2017 conference , 23 delegates from 17 African trade unions affiliated to ITUC Africa and 2 labour support organisations, gathered from 6 to 10 November in Johannesburg, in the framework of a continental seminar organized by FEDUSA, ITUC Africa (...)
6-10 November 2018 Johannesburg, South Africa
Keywords : South Africa Gender Equality Extending Social Protection
09/10/2018

Commendation for national minimum wage adoption in South Africa and request to support campaign for minimum wages across Africa

Dear President Ramaphosa, On behalf of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) - I convey to you our profound commendation and appreciation for the institution of national minimum wage in South Africa.
4 October 2018 Lomé, TOGO
Keywords : Activities South Africa Extending Social Protection Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development

ITUC AFRICA

TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY TOOL (TUOC-tool)

This guidance note presents the COS framework; it reviews the concrete steps that can be used (...)

TU DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS PROFILE TOOL

TUDEP is a learning tool meant to support trade unions worldwide in the application of the (...)

PAMPHLET ON THE SDGs

The pamphlet aims to introduce trade unionists to the 2030 Agenda and its overlap with the (...)