Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Congress of South African Trade Unions
Parallel form(s) of name
- COSATU
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1985 - present
History
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) was launched in December 1985 after four years of unity talks between unions opposed to apartheid and committed to a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa. At the launch we represented less than half a million workers organised in 33 unions.
Places
Republic of South Africa, Africa
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
C0025
Institution identifier
GB 1847
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by Julia Wylie, October 2016
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Congress of South African Trade Unions . 2016. Brief history of COSATU. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=925. [Accessed 17 October 2016].