South Africa Adwumayɛfo Kuw Mmarahyɛ Badwa

**South Africa Adwumayɛfo Kuw Mmarahyɛ Badwa** (**Congress of South African Trade Unions -** **COSATU** anaa **Cosatu**) yɛ adwumayɛfo akuw a ɛwɔ South Africa. Wɔde sii hɔ wɔ afe 1985 mu na ɛyɛ ɔman no mu adwumayɛfo akuw atitiriw mmiɛnsa (3) no mu nea ɛso sen biara, na adwumayɛfo akuw aduono baako (21) na ɛka ho.

## Abakɔsɛm

### Fapem ne abakɔsɛm a edi kan
Wɔ Obubuo bosome da a ɛtɔ so aduasa (30) afe 1985 no, akuw aduasa mmiɛnsa (33) hyiaam wɔ Natal Suapɔn mu maa nkɔmmɔbɔ a ɛfa adwumayɛfo akuw nkabom a wɔbɛhyehyɛ ho. Eyi dii mfe anan (4) biakoyɛ ho nkɔmmɔbɔ a ɛkɔɔ so wɔ nkabom akuw ne nkabom akuw a wɔsɔre tia nnipa mu nyiyim a "wɔde wɔn ho ama South Africa a ɛnyɛ mmusuakuw, ɔbarima ne ɔbea nna ne demokrase nniso" ntam no akyi. Wɔde COSATU sii hɔ wɔ aban kwan so wɔ Ɔpɛnimma bosome da a ɛtɔ so baako (1) afe 1985. Nnwumakuw a wɔhyehyɛɛ no bi ne South Africa Adwumayɛfo Kuw (Federation of South African Trade Unions - FOSATU), Ɔman Adwumayɛfo Fekuw ketewa, ne nnwumakuw bi a wɔde wɔn ho, titiriw Ɔman Adwumayɛfo a Wɔtow Fam Agodie Fekuw no. Elijah Bar ne ahyehyɛde no titrani (first president) a odi kan na Jay Naidoo ne ɔkyerɛwfo panyin (general secretary)a odi kan.

Wɔsii gyinaeɛ ahodoɔ pii wɔ saa nhyiamu a ɛdi kan yi ase a ɛkyerɛɛ nkabom no botaeɛ ne sɛdeɛ nkabom no yɛ adwuma, a ɛne:

* Sɛ wɔbɛhyehyɛ nkabom biako ama nnwuma biara wɔ asram asia ntam.
* Sɛ wɔde wɔn adwene besi mmea adwumayɛfo a wɔde wɔn di dwuma ɔkwammɔne so no so.
* Sɛ wɔbɛfrɛ sɛ wonyi tebea a egye ntɛmpɛ no mfi hɔ, wɔtwe asraafo mfi nkurow akɛse mu na wonyi amammuisɛm mu nneduafo nyinaa.
* Sɛ wɔbɛtoa ɔfrɛ a ɛne sɛ wɔmfa amanaman ntam nhyɛso mma, a sika a wɔmfa nsie ka ho no so.
* Sɛ wɔbɛhwehwɛ hokwan a wɔwɔ sɛ wɔyɛ adwumaden na wɔyɛ picket.
* Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛkyerɛ ɔman no akatua a ɛba fam koraa.
* Sɛ wɔbɛtrɛw apereperedi a wɔde hwehwɛ adwumayɛfo akuw hokwan ahorow wɔ kurom hɔ no mu.

Wɔ Kotonimma bosome da a ɛtɔ so anum (5) kosi nsia (6) afe 1987 mu no, wɔyɛɛ adwumayɛban mu adwumayɛban sɛ COSATU Asetra mu Akatua Ɔsatu no fa a ɛne 1987 Amansan Abatow no (1987 General Election) hyiae . Adwumayɛfo bɛboro ɔpepem 2.5 (2.5 million) na wɔde wɔn ho hyɛɛ adwuma a wɔde traa baabi a wɔbɛtra hɔ no mu. Wɔ Kotonimma bosome da a ɛtɔ so nson (7), afe 1987 mu no, anɔpatutuutu no, atopae abien (two bombs) paee wɔ baabi a ɛbɛn adum a ɛboa wɔ ɔman no adwumayɛbea ti, COSATU Fie, dan ase no. Ɔsɛe a efii mu bae no ma wɔkae sɛ ɔdan no nni ahobammɔ.

### Ko tia Nnipa mu nyiyim
Wɔ ɔman nhyiam a ɛtɔ so mmienu (2) a wɔyɛe fi Kitawonsa bosome da a ɛtɔ so dunan (14) kosi dunwɔtwe (18) afe 1987 mu no, ɔman no mufo no gyee Ahofadi Mmara no toom bere a Ɔman Adwumayɛfo a Wɔtow Fam Agodie Kuw no de gyinaesi no too gua akyi.

Wɔ nhyiam a ɛtɔ so abiɛsa (3) a wɔyɛe fi Kitawonsa bosome da a ɛtɔ so dumienu (12) kosi dunsia (16) afe 1989 mu no, wogyee gyinaesi bi toom a ɛfrɛɛ COSATU mufo sɛ wɔmfa wɔn ho nhyɛ ɔsatu bi a wɔde "adeyɛ a ɛkɔ so daa" a wɔde tia nnipa mu nyiyim mu, wɔ dapɛn a edii afe 1989 Amansan Abatow (1989 General Election) a wɔyɛe wɔ South Africa no anim no mu.

Wɔ Kitawonsa bosome da a ɛtɔ so aduonu nsia (26) afe 1989 mu no, COSATU, Demokrasi a Edi Anim a Wɔaka Abom ne Nnipadɔm Demokrasi Kuw (United Democratic Front and Mass Democratic Movement), kanyan National Defiance Campaign, a wɔtow hyɛɛ mmeae a wɔde asie maa aborɔfo so, na ahyehyɛde a na ɔman no abara no kae sɛ ‘wɔnbara’.

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