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Auteur(s) : Botiveau, Raphaël
Titre(s) : Organise or die? [Texte imprimé] : democracy and leadership in South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers / Raphaël Botiveau
Publication : Johannesburg : WITS University Press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-344 pages) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 319-327. Index
"Organise or Die? Leadership in South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers from
Apartheid to Democracy is the first in-depth study of one of the leading trade unions
in the country. Founded in 1982, the trade union played a key role in the struggle
against white minority rule, before turning into a central protagonist of the ruling
Tripartite Alliance after apartheid. Deftly navigating through workerist, social movement
and political terrains that shape the South African labour landscape, this book sheds
light on the path that led to the unprecedented 2012 Marikana massacre, the dissolution
of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) federation and to fractures
within the African National Congress (ANC) itself. Working with the notions of organisational
agency and strategic bureaucratisation, Raphael Botiveau shows how the founding leadership
of NUM built their union's structures with a view to mirror those of the multinational
mining companies NUM faced. Good leadership proved key to the union's success in recruiting
and uniting mineworkers and NUM became an impressive school for union and political
cadres, producing a number of South Africa's top post-apartheid leaders. An incisive
analysis of leadership styles and strategies shows how the fragile balance between
an increasingly distant leadership and an increasingly militant membership gradually
broke down. Botiveau provides a compelling narrative of NUM's powerful history and
the legacy of its leadership. It will appeal to a broad readership - including journalists,
students and social sciences scholars - interested in South Africa's contemporary
politics and labour history."
Sujet(s) : Syndicalisme -- Afrique du Sud
Mouvement ouvrier -- Afrique du Sud
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781776142040 (br). - ISBN 1776142047
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb456805038
Notice n° :
FRBNF45680503
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