South African Federation of Trade Unions

For the defunct federation which excluded black workers, see South African Federation of Trade Unions (1951).

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 2017, and is the second largest of the country's main trade union confederations, with 21 affiliated trade unions organising 800,000 workers.^[1]

SAFTU

South African Federation of Trade Unions
Founded	21 April 2017
Location	South Africa
Members	800,000
Key people	Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary Mac Chavalala, President Nomvume Ralarala, first Deputy president Thabo Matsose, Second Deputy President
Website	SAFTU.org.za

Affiliates

Current affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 2021:^[2]

Union	Abbreviation	Founded	Membership (2018)[3]
Academic and Professional Staff Association	APSA	1997
Chemical, Wood and Allied Workers' Union	CWAWU	2010
Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers' Union	CSAAWU	2007
Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa	DEMAWUSA	2015	12,000
Democratic Postal and Communications' Union	DEPACU	2014
Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers' Union	DETAWU	2015	10,000
Food and Allied Workers Union	FAWU	1986	23,300
General Industries Workers' Union of South Africa	GIWUSA	1989	21,500
Information Communication Technology Union	ICTU	2012
Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South Africa	MATUSA	2015
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa	NUMSA	1987	328,827
National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers	NUPSAW	1998	48,000
South African Correctional Services Workers' Union	SACOSWU	2009
South African Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' Union	SAICWU	2016
Tirisano Transport and Services Workers' Union	TASWU	2004
Transport, Retail and General Workers' Union	THORN	2010

Former affiliates

Union	Abbreviation	Founded	Left	Reason not affiliated	Membership (2018)[3]
National Transport Movement	NTM	2012	2018	Disaffiliated	52,250
Private Schools and Allied Workers' Union	PRISAWU	2015
South African Policing Union	SAPU	1996
Finance Union of Workers	FUWO
South African Liberated Public Sector Workers' Union	SALIPSWU	2015
Finance Union of Workers	FUWO
Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union	YNITU