South African Federation of Trade Unions – SAFTU

Make 25th April a new turning point. Forward ever, Backward never !

Provincial Congresses

Building Strong SAFTU

In every province

Independent and campaigning

We represent 24 unions working to create an independent, campaigning and democratic trade union federation . We shall defend, if need be, with our lives, the fighting independence of our revolutionary and socialist oriented federation.

The land shall be shared among those who work it!

The ownership of land in South Africa has been a source of conflict since the European colonialists first landed at the Cape, took over the indigenous people’s land and brutally suppressed any who stood in their way.

Road To Congress

After the 34 members of the COSATU Central Executive Committee voted to expel 340,000 members of NUMSA, a grouping of COSATU Affiliates,

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Aims And Objectives

To unite all workers under one banner from the workplace to the community, and to ensure that the fragmentation of unions is reversed and mergers take place where appropriate.

To initiate campaigns and support those of affiliates, and fraternal organisations that complement the aims of the Federation.

To use all of the means available to it to defend and extend the conditions of workers and their communities including current legislation where appropriate

To support new and smaller unions to recruit and sustain membership and infrastructure and secure the support of all unions for this purpose.

National Office Bearers

Outsourcing Must Fall