South African Federation of Trade Unions

SAFTU
South African Federation of Trade Unions
Founded	21 April 2017
Location	South Africa
Members	800,000
Key people	Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary Mac Chavalala , President Nomvume Ralarala,first Deputy president Thabo Matsose , Second Deputy President
Website	SAFTU.org.za

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 2017, and is the second largest of the country's main trade union confederations, with 21 affiliated trade unions organising 800,000 workers.^[1]

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Affiliates

Current affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 2021:^[2]

Union	Abbreviation	Founded	Membership (2018)^[3]
Academic and Professional Staff Association	APSA	1997
Chemical, Wood and Allied Workers' Union	CWAWU	2010
Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers' Union	CSAAWU	2007
Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa	DEMAWUSA	2015	12,000
Democratic Postal and Communications' Union	DEPACU	2014
Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers' Union	DETAWU	2015	10,000
Food and Allied Workers Union	FAWU	1986	23,300
General Industries Workers' Union of South Africa	GIWUSA	1989	21,500
Information Communication Technology Union	ICTU	2012
Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South Africa	MATUSA	2015
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa	NUMSA	1987	328,827
National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers	NUPSAW	1998	48,000
South African Correctional Services Workers' Union	SACOSWU	2009
South African Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' Union	SAICWU	2016
Tirisano Transport and Services Workers' Union	TASWU	2004
Transport, Retail and General Workers' Union	THORN	2010

Former affiliates

Union	Abbreviation	Founded	Left	Reason not affiliated	Membership (2018)^[3]
National Transport Movement	NTM	2012	2018	Disaffiliated	52,250
Private Schools and Allied Workers' Union	PRISAWU	2015
South African Policing Union	SAPU	1996
Finance Union of Workers	FUWO
South African Liberated Public Sector Workers' Union	SALIPSWU	2015
Finance Union of Workers	FUWO
Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union	YNITU

References

^ Sesant, Siyabonga. "Saftu to strike against proposed R20 per hour minimum wage". The Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ "Affiliates". SAFTU. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b Blackburn, Daniel (2021). Trade Unions of the World (PDF). ICTUR. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

v t e Trade unions in South Africa
CONSAWU	FEDCRAW PEU
COSATU	AFADWU CEPPWAWU CWU CWUSA DENOSA LIMUSA NEHAWU NUM PAWUSA POPCRU SACCAWU SACTWU SADNU SADTU SAEPU SAMA SAMWU SASBO SASFU SATAWU
FEDUSA	HOSPERSA HIAWU MISA NULAW PSA SAOU SATU UASA UNTU
NACTU	BCAWU FEDCRAW HOTELICCA MEWUSA NUFBWSAW PEU SACWU TAWUSA
SAFTU	DEMAWUSA DETAWU FAWU NUMSA NUPSAW SAPU SASAWU
Unaligned	AUBTWSA AMCU IMATU NAPTOSA NTM SAEWA SANDU Sikhula Sonke Solidarity

Political history of South Africa

Defunct polities

Kingdom of Mapungubwe (c. 1075–c. 1220)
Dutch Cape Colony (1652–1806)
Mthethwa Paramountcy (c. 1780–1817)
Ndwandwe Kingdom (c. 1780–1819)
Cape Colony (1795–1910)
Zulu Kingdom (1816–1897)
Natalia Republic (1839–1843)
Natal Colony (1843–1910)
Orange Free State (1854–1902)
South African Republic (1856–1902)
Griqualand East (1861–1879)
Griqualand West (1870–1873)
Goshen (1882–1883)
Stellaland (1882–1885)
Nieuwe Republiek (1884–1888)
Upingtonia (1885–1887)
Klein Vrystaat (1886–1891)
Orange River Colony (1902–1910)
Transvaal Colony (1902–1910)
Union of South Africa (1910–1961)
Transkei (1976–1994)
Bophuthatswana (1977–1994)
Venda (1979–1994)
Ciskei (1981–1994)

Events

Pre-colonial	Bantu migrations Battle of Salt River
1652–1815	Dutch settlement French Huguenot settlement Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars Xhosa Wars Battle of Muizenberg Battle of Blaauwberg Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814
1815–1910	Mfecane 1820 Settlers Great Trek Boer Republics Transvaal Civil War Mineral Revolution Witwatersrand Gold Rush South African Wars South Africa Act 1909 (National Convention)
1910–1948	South West Africa campaign Maritz rebellion Rand Rebellion Great Depression 1946 African Mine Workers' Union strike Bantustans
Apartheid	1948 general election Apartheid legislation Pass laws Internal resistance Coloured-vote constitutional crisis Defiance Campaign Congress of the People Freedom Charter Women's March 1956 1957 Alexandra bus boycott Sharpeville massacre 1960 republic referendum International isolation UN Resolution 1761 UNSC Resolution 591 Academic boycott Disinvestment Constructive engagement Tar Baby Option Sporting boycott Olympics Rugby union Rivonia Trial Durban Moment Border War Israeli alliance Israel–South Africa Agreement Mafeje affair Soweto Uprising Weapons of mass destruction Project Coast Church Street bombing 1983 constitutional referendum Langa massacre Rubicon speech Operation Vula Dakar Conference Transkei coup d'état Ciskei coup d'état Venda coup d'état Third Force CODESA Storming of the Kempton Park World Trade Centre Bisho massacre 1992 apartheid referendum Saint James Church massacre Bophuthatswana crisis Shell House massacre
Post- apartheid	1994 general election Government of National Unity Reconstruction and Development Programme Truth and Reconciliation Commission Arms Deal Floor crossing Soweto bombings African Renaissance Travelgate Xenophobia Attack on Kennedy Road Blikkiesdorp Marikana massacre 2012 Western Cape farm workers' strike Nkandlagate Racism 2014 platinum strike #RhodesMustFall protests #FeesMustFall student protests Tshwane riots 2019 service delivery protests 2019 Johannesburg riots COVID-19 pandemic 2020 Phala Phala Robbery 2021 unrest Lady R incident

Political culture

Defunct
organisations

Civic and political organisations	Afrikaner Bond Afrikaner Broederbond Afrikaner Party AITUP APO AVF BPC Black Sash Boerestaat Party CDA CNIP CTEG COD Congress Alliance COSG CP DLF Dominion Party DP (1973–1977) DP (1989–2000) DPP DSM ECC FA FD Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners GNP Het Volk HNP (Herenigde) HNP (Herstigte) IDASA ID IP ISL Jeugkrag Johannesburg Reform Committee Labour Party (1910–1958) Labour Party (1969–1994) Liberal Party (1953–1968) NA NCP Natal Indian Congress NLP NNP NP NPP NRP NUSAS Occupy Orangia Unie Oranjewerkers Orde Boerevolk PAVN PFP Progressive Party (Cape Colony) Progressive Party PRP Radio Freedom Reform Party SABP SADECO SAIC SASO SAYCO SAYRCO South African Party (Cape Colony) South African Party (1911–1934) South African Party (1977–1980) TNIP Torch Commando UFP United Party Unionist Party Volksparty Workers Party WOSA
Trade unions and social movements	APF BCM BLATU CNETU CTSWU FCWU FNETU FOSATU ICU IWW MUSA NEUM NURHS PAWE SAAPAWU SACTU SAIF SARHU SATUC Die Spoorbund UDF Umkosi Wezintaba
Paramilitary and terrorist organisations	APLA ARM AWB BBB Boeremag Greyshirts MK Ossewabrandwag Orde van die Dood PAGAD SANF

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political parties

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