Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Collection

SACP / COSATU NATIONAL LEADERSHIPS BILATERAL

COSATU WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN 1998 BUDGET HEARINGS

ANC AND 1999 ELECTION NOMINATION LIST

Speeches and Public Statements

Speech by Sam Shilowa, General Secretary of COSATU, at the SACP 75th Anniversary Rally

Address by Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU Assistant General Secretary, to Public Sector Unions March on Parliament

Address to the SADTU 3rd National Congress by Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU Deputy Secretary General

Address by Mbhazima Shilowa, General Secretary at the COSATU Policy Conference

Address by COSATU President John Gomomo to the World Economic Forum

Address to the COSATU Special Congress by Terror Lekota, ANC Chairperson

Closing address to the COSATU Special Congress by Willie Madisha, incoming COSATU President

Labour Input to the Presidential Job Summit presented on behalf of COSATU, FEDUSA and NACTU by John Gomomo, COSATU President

Opening address to COSATU Special Congress by Peter Malepe, Acting President

Speech by Connie September to COSATU Inaugural Central Committee

Address to the Second NEDLAC Summit presented by John Gomomo, COSATU President, on behalf of COSATU, NACTU and FEDUSA

Address by Mbhazima Shilowa, COSATU General Secretary at an ILO plenary session in Geneva

A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula

Numsa Allies: No Numsa, no Cosatu by Greg Nicolson (The Daily Maverick), 11 November 2014

All Gwede’s horses and all Gwede’s men… can’t put Cosatu together again by Stephen Grootes (The Daily Maverick), 11 November 2014

Inside Labour: Cosatu crisis has massive implications by Terry Bell (City Press), 17 November 2014

SACP rejoices at Cosatu’s funeral by Mondli Makhanya (City Press), 18 November 2014

Cosatu: A giant falls by Mbhazima Shilowa (City Press), 18 November 2014

Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party

Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU

Op-Ed: The trade union federation formerly known as Cosatu by Stephan Grootes, 3 March 2015, South Africa

South Africa: Slow-motion disintegration of COSATU likely to continue by Terry Bell, 6 April 2015, South Africa

Cosatu special congress, Day One: The façade finally falls by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 14 July 2015, South Africa

Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa