COSATU Call Center Number 010 002 2590

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has recently launched a new call center to provide much-needed assistance to workers facing labour-related challenges. This dedicated resource aims to offer support, information, and guidance to both members of COSATU-affiliated unions and unorganized workers, ensuring that they have a place to turn for help with workplace issues.

Anti-Apartheid Struggle Songs from South Africa

Sipho “Hot Stix” Mabuse’s “Nelson Mandela” featured a clip of Mandela reading his speech from one of his 1964 trials. The song was commissioned by the ANC for the party’s 1994 election campaigns. Mandela had been out of prison for four years. “Nelson Mandela” was about looking forward, leaving apartheid behind, with lines like: “Now is the time to make a stand on all the things we’ve been fighting for/ Freedom and justice for everyone in this land.”