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campaign for it to be repealed.
The union will also fight all at- tempts to restrict unions and limit their right to strike.
PPWAWU also adopted a new logo as a reflection of the growing mi- litancy of its members. The Congress ended by electing new national office- bearers for the coming year.
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They are:
• Malachia Ndou - President
* Julian Ntsholo - 1st Vice-Presi- dent
• Khaya Mkcfe - 2nd Vice-Presi- dent
• Joe Nene - Treasurer
• SiphoKubhcka-General Secretary •&
1 he process of teacher unity took a giant stride forward at a conference
hosted by the World Confederation of the Organised Teaching Profession and the All-African Tea- chers' Organisation
in Harare in April 1988. The con-
ference brought together for me first time the large, recognised black
teacher associations from South Afri- ca (ATASA, UTASA and TASA) and most of the progressive teachers*
unions which have emerged over the past five years (WECTU, DETU, EDASA, NEUSA, PTL, PTU).
The five-day conference, which was also attended by observers from
the Zimbabwe teachers' organisation, the NECC, SACTU and the ANC,
hammered out a basis for future teachers*
unity in South Africa.
The document on the next page was
adopted by the repre- sentatives of all
teachers* organisa- tions present, and has become the basis for the teacher unity talks currently tak- ing place in the country. The talks have been joined by ELPTU, ECTU and MATU since the Harare gui- delines were adopted.
With regard to the second point in the document, the Labour Bulletin has established that consensus has been reached in these unity talks that the new organisation will be a unitary teachers' trade union which will seek
to affiliate to COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions). "&
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