COSATU’S Contested Legacy

COSATU’S CONTESTED LEGACY EDITED BY Sakhela Buhlungu Malehoko Tshoaedi Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa www.hsrcpress.ac.za First published 2012 ISBN (soft cover) 978-0-7969-2395-0 ISBN (pdf) 978-0-7969-2396-7 ISBN (e-pub) 978-0-7969-2397-4 © 2012 Human Sciences Research Council African territorial rights only This book has undergone a double-blind independent peer review process overseen by the HSRC Press Editorial Board. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Human Sciences Research Council (‘the Council’) or indicate that the Council endorses the views of the authors. In quoting from this publication, readers are advised to attribute the source of the information to the individual author concerned and not to the Council. Copyedited by Liz Sparg Typeset by Simon van Gend Cover design by Oswald Kurten Index by Abdul S. Bemath Printed by [Name of printer, city, country] Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel: +27 (0) 21 701 4477; Fax: +27 (0) 21 701 7302 www.oneworldbooks.com Contents List of tables v List of figures vii Abbreviations and acronyms viii Preface xi 1 A contested legacy: organisational and political challenges facing COSATU 1 Sakhela Buhlungu and Malehoko Tshoaedi 2 The experience of conducting a longitudinal study: the COSATU Workers’ Survey, 2008 32 Christine Bischoff and Malehoko Tshoaedi 3 COSATU, oligarchy and the consolidation of democracy in an African context 56 Johann Maree 4 Making sense of unionised workers’ political attitudes: the (un)represen-tation of women’s voices in COSATU 90 Malehoko Tshoaedi 5 The sociology of upward social mobility among COSATU shop stewards 110 Themba Masondo 6 COSATU, the ‘2010 Class Project’ and the contest for ‘the soul’ of the ANC 132 Ari Sitas 7 ‘What would you do if the government fails to deliver?’: COSATU mem-bers’ attitudes towards service delivery 147 Sarah Mosoetsa 8 COSATU’s influence on policy-making in post-apartheid South Africa: fact and fiction 167 Grace Khunou 9 COSATU members and strike violence: what we learn from quantitative and qualitative data 186 Karl von Holdt 10 COSATU and internal migrant workers: old fault lines, new dilemmas 212 Nomkhosi Xulu 11 COSATU’s attitudes and policies towards external migrants 228 Mondli Hlatshwayo 12 The trade union movement and the Tripartite Alliance: a tangled history 259 Sakhela Buhlungu and Stephen Ellis Appendix Taking democracy seriously: COSATU Worker’s Survey data set 1994, 1998, 2004 and 2008 283 Contributors 305 Index 309 List of tables Table 1.1 Table 1.2 Which leader represents worker interests best? (selected results from question asked during survey in 2004 and 2008) 4 How a shop steward should exercise his/her mandate (by percentage) 21 Table 2.1 Provinces covered in the COSATU longitudinal study 34 Table 2.2 Employment by sector between 2005 and 2009 37 Table 2.3 COSATU Workers’ Survey researchers 1994, 1998, 2004 and 2008 40 Table 2.4 COSATU affiliate membership figures 2007–2011 47 Table 2.5 Age of COSATU members between 1994 and 2008 48 Table 2.6 Year in which respondents joined the unions 49 Table 2.7 Gender distribution of COSATU members 50 Table 2.8 Highest formal educational levels of COSATU members 50 Table 2.9 Occupational category as defined by companies 52 Table 2.10 Security of tenure of COSATU members 52 Table 3.1 Are you a member of the SACP? 65 Table 3.2 Table 3.3 Which party are you going to vote for in the forthcoming national elections? 68 Cosatu has entered into an alliance with the ANC and SACP to contest the elections. What do you think of this arrangement? 69 Table 3.4 Classification of African regimes, end 2001 71 Table 3.5 African legislative election results, by ordinal number of election, 1989-2006 73 v ... - tailieumienphi.vn