Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms And Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction: South African Trade Unions in Apartheid and Democracy
- PART I ORGANISATIONAL AGENCY IN UNION BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS
- PART II LEADING MINEWORKERS: A CHARTERIST LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
PART I - ORGANISATIONAL AGENCY IN UNION BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms And Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction: South African Trade Unions in Apartheid and Democracy
- PART I ORGANISATIONAL AGENCY IN UNION BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS
- PART II LEADING MINEWORKERS: A CHARTERIST LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Comrades,
I have stood on this rostrum as President for every Congress since I was elected 6,353 days ago on 4 December in 1982 – the day the Union was officially inaugurated in the Catholic Church in Jouberton Township near Klerksdorp. In a very strong sense, the Union‘s history and my life have been inextricably intertwined. For the first five years of the Union's life I was a worker president, combining my work as a personnel assistant at Western Deep Levels with the task of building our union organisation in a team led by Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa. After Western Deep Levels dismissed me during the 1987 strike, the union constitution was amended to enable me to continue as President on a full-time basis. That has been my job ever since.
Address by NUM president James Motlatsi at the 10th NUM National Congress, Sinodale Centre, Pretoria, 26 April 2000- Type
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- Organise or Die?Democracy and Leadership in South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers, pp. 31 - 34Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2017