South African Federation of Trade Unions

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]

SAFTU
South African Federation of Trade Unions
Founded21 April 2017
Location
Members
800,000
Key people
Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary
Mac Chavalala , President
Nomvume Ralarala,first Deputy president
Thabo Matsose , Second Deputy President
WebsiteSAFTU.org.za

Affiliates

Current affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 2021:[2]

UnionAbbreviationFoundedMembership (2018)[3]
Academic and Professional Staff AssociationAPSA1997
Chemical, Wood and Allied Workers' UnionCWAWU2010
Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers' UnionCSAAWU2007
Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers' Union of South AfricaDEMAWUSA201512,000
Democratic Postal and Communications' UnionDEPACU2014
Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers' UnionDETAWU201510,000
Finance Union of WorkersFUWO
Food and Allied Workers UnionFAWU198623,300
Information Communication Technology UnionICTU2012
Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South AfricaMATUSA2015
National Union of Metalworkers of South AfricaNUMSA1987328,827
National Union of Public Service and Allied WorkersNUPSAW199848,000
Private Schools and Allied Workers' UnionPRISAWU2015
South African Civil Servants' UnionSACSU
South African Correctional Services Workers' UnionSACOSWU2009
South African Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' UnionSAICWU2016
South African Liberated Public Sector Workers' UnionSALIPSWU2015
South African Policing UnionSAPU199678,526
South African State and Allied Workers' UnionSASAWU2000
Tirisano Transport and Services Workers' UnionTASWU2004
Transport, Retail and General Workers' UnionTHORN2010
Young Nurses Indaba Trade UnionYNITU

Former affiliates

UnionAbbreviationFoundedLeftReason not affiliatedMembership (2018)[3]
General Industries Workers' Union of South AfricaGIWUSA198921,500
National Transport MovementNTM20122018Disaffiliated52,250

References

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