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South African trade union leader

Zwelinzima Vavi (born 20 December ^[1][2]) is the General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU).

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He is the former general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and vice-chairperson of the Millennium Labour Council.

Early life

Vavi was born on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape, with a mineworker father, four brothers and seven sisters. Until he was baptised, he did not know the date of his birthday.^[1] He was a child labourer, looking for work among neighbouring farms.

In Vavi worked in a gold-mining territory of Klerksdorp and Orkney. He was a uranium plant clerk at Vaal Reefs mine, and joined the National Union of Mineworkers as an organizer.

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He was fired from AngloGold in following a massive miners' strike which crippled the Chamber of Mines. He then joined COSATU as a volunteer.

COSATU

In , he became COSATU's regional secretary for