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=COSATU congratulates Randall Howard=

The Congress of South African Trade Unions congratulates Randall Howard, General Secretary of the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union, on his election as President of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). He richly deserves this honour and COSATU wishes him well in facing the many challenges facing transport workers around the world. We are certain that he will be an inspirational leader and a great ambassador for the South African trade union movement.

We now have an unprecedented situation in which leaders of three South African COSATU unions are now Presidents of international sectoral federations.

In addition to Randall Howard in the ITF, Thulas Nxesi, General Secretary of the SA Democratic Teachers Union, is the President of Education International, and Senzeni Zokwana, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, is the president of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM).

This is a tribute to COSATU’s consistent involvement in workers’ struggles internationally and to the very high esteem in which its leaders are held throughout the world. We are confident that these three leaders will enhance the reputation of the South African labour movement still further. They will justify the confidence that has been placed in them and give exemplary leadership to the millions of workers they now represent.


 * Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson)**
 * Congress of South African Trade Unions**
 * 1-5 Leyds Cnr Biccard Streets**
 * Braamfontein, 2017**


 * P.O.Box 1019**
 * Johannesburg, 2000**
 * SOUTH AFRICA**


 * Tel: +27 11 339-4911/24**
 * Fax: +27 11 339-5080/6940/ 086 603 9667**
 * Cell: 0828217456**
 * E-Mail: patrick@cosatu.org.za**

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