The Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers Union (AFADWU) is a trade union representing food processing workers in South Africa.
The union was founded in 2016 after the dismissal of an army of worker leaders, shop stewards and officials by the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU). FAWU also disaffiliated from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).
AFADWU is an association of employees whose principal purpose is to regulate relations between employees and employers, including any employers' organisations. On the 17th of April 2018, AFADWU was legally registered with the Department of Employment and Labour in terms of the Labour Relations Act No 66 of 1995 as amended.
In 2018, AFADWU was accepted as an affiliate of COSATU.
Leadership
2020 (current officeholders)
Current national office bearers PresidentWalter Msimang1st deputy presidentTumi Seitshiro2nd deputy presidentPhumla GxalabaGeneral secretaryMlamleli PukwanaDeputy general secretaryThupudi MabuneleNational treasurerNelisiwe Nxumalo Source:
Current provincial secretaries Eastern Cape: Victor Mbaza | Free State: Thulani Klass | Gauteng: Lucas Mbambo | KwaZulu-Natal: Mtokhona Ngcobo | Limpopo: Jan Maifala | Mpumalanga: Elias Mgwenya | Western Cape: Michael Helu
2018 (previous officeholders)
Previous national office bearers PresidentNorman Chauke1st deputy presidentWalter Msimang2nd deputy presidentPhilip MochaneGeneral secretaryThupudi MabuneleDeputy general secretaryHoward MbanaNational treasurerMartha Lukhele
Campaigns Buy Local Campaign
AFADWU, the FairPlay Movement, Proudly South African and other trade unions have launched a campaign to promote the consumption of local chicken.
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