Mzwandile Makwayiba
South African trade unionist
Michael Mzwandile Makwayiba is a South African trade unionist.
Born in Ntlangaza, in the Eastern Cape, Makwayiba began working on an apple farm in Grabouw. In 1990, he moved to work as a cleaner at the Green Point-Somerset Hospital. There, he joined the Health Workers' Union. He soon became one of the union's most prominent activists, and was elected as its deputy president in 1992. In 1993, the union decided to merge into the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU), and Makwayiba became deputy chair of its Western Cape region, and chair of its Cape Town branch. In 1997, he was elected as chair of the union's Western Cape region, also becoming chair of the Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Western Cape.[1][2]
In 2004, Makwayiba was elected as second deputy president of NEHAWU, then in 2010 rose to become the union's president. In 2016, he was additionally elected as president of the World Federation of Trade Unions.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Office Bearers Of NEHAWU". NEHAWU. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ Bigelow, Jeff (2 January 2017). "Analysis The World Federation of Trade Unions 17th Congress: A report on the global state of the class struggle". Liberation. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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| Preceded by Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya | President of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union 2010–present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Shaban Assouz | President of the World Federation of Trade Unions 2016–present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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- Louis Saillant (1945–1968)
- Pierre Gensous (1969–1978)
- Enrique Pastorino (1978–1980)
- Ibrahim Zakaria (1980–1990)
- Alexander Zharikov (1990–2005)
- George Mavrikos (2005–2022)
- Pambis Kyritsis (2022–present)
- Walter Citrine (1945–1946)
- Arthur Deakin (1946–1949)
- Giuseppe Di Vittorio (1949–1959)
- Agostino Novella (1959–1961)
- Renato Bitossi (1961–1969)
- Enrique Pastorino (1969–1975)
- Sándor Gáspár (1975–1989)
- Indrajit Gupta (1989–1990)
- Ibrahim Zakaria (1990–1994)
- Antonio Neto (1994–2000)
- K. L. Mahendra (2000–2005)
- Shaban Assouz (2005–2016)
- Mzwandile Makwayiba (2016–current)
- Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile and Allied
- Banks, Insurance and Financial
- Building, Wood, Building Materials and Allied
- Chemical, Energy, Metal, Oil and Allied
- Mining, Metallurgy and Metal
- Pensioners and Retired Persons
- Public Service and Allied
- Teachers
- Textile-Garment-Leather
- Tourism and Hotels
- Transport
