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 II - LEADING MINEWORKERS: A CHARTERIST LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
- 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
Q: Do you want to add something? BM: Yes. I want to say I am proud to be a union NUM member and a leader of the union because I've learned many things … When I joined the mine I did not know anything about laws, procedures; I was just focusing on my work. Not knowing about the rights. But when I started to join the union I was at least politically aware … As I am speaking right now I am not afraid to stand in front of the majority and talk about the right things … especially the rights of the employees, because of NUM. They trained me in many things. In fact I don't have standard at school but since I've joined the union I've learned many things, I've learned to speak different languages because of NUM.
Bhongo Mvimvi, full-time shaft steward, Cooke 3, Randfontein branch, interview, Cooke 3 mining hostels, 1 July 2010- Type
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- Organise or Die?Democracy and Leadership in South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers, pp. 157 - 160Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2017