/ 15 September 2006

Satawu re-elects president

The South African Congress of Trade Unions (Satawu) re-elected Ezrom Mabyana as its president on Friday.

June Dube was re-elected first deputy president and Randall Howard the general secretary on the last day of the union’s second national congress in Boksburg.

Among the resolutions passed on Friday was a decision to organise the taxi industry and call a meeting with the minister of labour to discuss its future.

While security guards made up only 35 000 of Satawu’s 133 000 members, and were under-represented in the union’s leadership structure, Satawu said it would make sure they were not sidelined. — Sapa