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ORGANISE
OR DIE?

RAPHAL BOTIVEAU

ORGANISE
OR DIE?

Democracy and Leadership
in South Africas
National Union of Mineworkers

Published in South Africa by:

Wits University Press

1 Jan Smuts Avenue

Johannesburg, 2001

www.witspress.co.za

Copyright Raphal Botiveau 2017

Published edition Wits University Press 2017

Map redrawn by Janet Alexander

First published 2017

978-1-77614-204-0 (print)

978-1-77614-206-4 (EPUB)

978-1-77614-205-7 (PDF)

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher, except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act, Act 98 of 1978.

All images remain the property of the copyright holders. The publishers gratefully acknowledge the publishers, institutions and individuals referenced in captions for the use of images. Every effort has been made to locate the original copyright holders of the images reproduced here; please contact Wits University Press in case of any omissions or errors.

This book was published with the support of the Institut des mondes africains (CNRS/IRD/EHESS/EPHE/Universit Paris 1 Panthon-Sorbonne/Universit Aix-Marseille) and the French Institute of South Africa-Research (IFAS-Recherche). IFAS-Recherche was founded in 1995 in Johannesburg. Under the authority of the French ministry of foreign affairs and the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), it promotes research in the humanities and social sciences about southern Africa and within this framework supports scientific cooperation.

Project manager: Inga Norenius

Copy editor: Inga Norenius

Proofreader: Lisa Compton

Indexer: Tessa Botha

Cover design: Fire and Lion

To Hlne and awaiting Alix, July 2017

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

I f I were to pick only one word to describe the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), one that I have heard many times in its ranks, it would be the word humbling, since my experience of the organisation has been a humbling one. Although many members brought an individual contribution to this research, I wish to thank them as part of the formidable collective of men and women that they have been building over the years. Organisation and political involvement certainly have their ups and downs but their contribution to the struggle for South Africas liberation is immense. I hope they will appreciate this book and, although I have tried my best to portray their union in their own words, I also hope they will forgive mistakes and inaccuracies that are likely to have slipped into this manuscript.

I also thank all those outside NUM, working in the labour movement, in civil society, in labour mediation or in mining, who agreed to talk to me and whose contribution to this work was crucial.

The research presented in this book was first released as part of a doctoral dissertation in political sociology (Universit Paris 1 Panthon-Sorbonne La Sapienza Universit di Roma). For their support and complementarity, I wish to thank my two supervisors, Richard Bangas with whom I have had the pleasure to work since 2005 and Claudio Pellegrini.

I am grateful to the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS, Johannesburg) for its superlative support, as well as the Institut des mondes africains (IMAF, Paris) which sponsored my research.

There are many other people that I must thank individually for their direct input into this work. I thank, in South Africa and the USA: Franco Barchiesi, Claire Bnit-Gbaffou, Andries Bezuidenhout, Luli Callinicos, Rudi Dicks, Kally Forrest, Dunbar Moodie, Noor Nieftagodien, Paul Stewart and Lucien van der Walt. In France, Italy and England, I wish to thank Alexander Beresford, Franoise Blum, Fadime Deli, Judith Hayem, Miles Larmer, Daniel Leblanc, Roger Meunier, Clarence Paul, Adriana Piga, Michel Pigenet, Fabrizio Pirro, Enrico Pugliese, Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle, Anna-Maria Romani, Johanna Simant, Ian Simms and Isabelle Sommier.

Last but not least, I wish to thank the two reviewers who read my manuscript for Wits University Press, as well as Inga Norenius, who patiently and competently edited this book.

Abet	Adult Basic Education and Training
Amcu	Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union
ANC	African National Congress
BOB	branch office bearer
Bonume	Bophuthatswana National Union of Mining Employees
CCMA	Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
Cosatu	Congress of South Africa Trade Unions
Cusa	Council of Unions of South Africa
EBMTC	Elijah Barayi Memorial Training Centre
EFF	Economic Freedom Fighters
Esop	Employee Share Ownership Programme
FET	Further Education and Training
Fosatu	Federation of South African Trade Unions
GS	General Secretary
IFP	Inkatha Freedom Party
ITU	International Typographical Union
MDA	Mineworkers Development Agency
MIC	Mineworkers Investment Company
MIT	Mineworkers Investment Trust
MRC	Murray & Roberts Cementation
MWPF	Mineworkers Provident Fund
NEC	national executive committee
NUM	National Union of Mineworkers
Numsa	National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
PWV	Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeninging
RDO	rock drill operator
SACP	South African Communist Party
Sactu	South African Congress of Trade Unions
SALB	South African Labour Bulletin
SG	Secretary General
SWOP	Society, Work and Development Institute
Uasa	United Association of South Africa
Wits	University of the Witwatersrand
YCL	Young Communist League

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