National Office Bearers, Central Committee members, National Chairperson of the NUMSA Youth Desk, National Chairperson of the Gender Substructure, Alliance leaders present here, Delegates to the 9th National Congress, NUMSA Officials present here, Comrades and friends, It is an honour

Regional Office Bearers, REC members, National Chairperson of the NUMSA Youth Desk, Cde Tony Ehreinreich, Cosatu Provincial Secretary, Alliance leaders present here, NUMSA Officials present here, Comrades and friends, It is my privilege to stand here to address you on

It is a quarter of a century since the birth of Numsa in May 1987. It was Cosatu (then Fosatu’s) decision to consolidate a number of unions including Mawu and Naawu, to form a single union, Numsa. In its 25