| SAFTU | |
| Location Country: | South Africa |
| Members: | 800,000 |
| Full Name: | South African Federation of Trade Unions |
| Founded: | 21 April 2017 |
| Key People: | Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary Mac Chavalala, President Nomvume Ralarala, first Deputy president Thabo Matsose, Second Deputy President |
| Website: | SAFTU.org.za |
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 2017, and is the second largest of the country's main trade union confederations, with 21 affiliated trade unions organising 800,000 workers.[1]
The following unions were affiliated in 2021:[2]
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Membership (2018)[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic and Professional Staff Association | APSA | 1997 | |
| Chemical, Wood and Allied Workers' Union | CWAWU | 2010 | |
| Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers' Union | CSAAWU | 2007 | |
| DEMAWUSA | 2015 | 12,000 | |
| Democratic Postal and Communications' Union | DEPACU | 2014 | |
| DETAWU | 2015 | 10,000 | |
| FAWU | 1986 | 23,300 | |
| General Industries Workers' Union of South Africa | GIWUSA | 1989 | 21,500 |
| Information Communication Technology Union | ICTU | 2012 | |
| Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South Africa | MATUSA | 2015 | |
| NUMSA | 1987 | 328,827 | |
| NUPSAW | 1998 | 48,000 | |
| South African Correctional Services Workers' Union | SACOSWU | 2009 | |
| South African Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' Union | SAICWU | 2016 | |
| Tirisano Transport and Services Workers' Union | TASWU | 2004 | |
| Transport, Retail and General Workers' Union | THORN | 2010 | |
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Left | Reason not affiliated | Membership (2018) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South African Civil Servants' Union | SACSU | ||||
| NTM | 2012 | 2018 | Disaffiliated | 52,250 | |
| Private Schools and Allied Workers' Union | PRISAWU | 2015 | |||
| SAPU | 1996 | ||||
| Finance Union of Workers | FUWO | ||||
| South African Liberated Public Sector Workers' Union | SALIPSWU | 2015 | |||
| Finance Union of Workers | FUWO | ||||
| Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union | YNITU |