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COSATU
Congress of South African Trade Unions
Founded30 November 1985; 38 years ago (1985-11-30)
HeadquartersCosatu House
110 Jorissen Street
Johannesburg
Gauteng
Location
  • South Africa
Members
2 193 965
Key people
Zingiswa Losi, President
Bheki Ntshalintshali, General Secretary
AffiliationsITUC
WFTU
ICFTU-AFRO
Websitewww.cosatu.org.za
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions.[note 1][1]


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  1. ^ "More unions quit Cosatu's exec body". fin24.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

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