To celebrate this year's May Day, on Wednesday 2 May SANGOCO and Interfund
are hosting a debate on the merits of and progress in building an alliance
between labour and community activitists, key elements of civil society.

The idea of a worker/community alliance was initiated by COSATU at their
last Congress. COSATU President Willie Madisha and NUM General Secretary
Gwede Mantash both contributed to this debate at SANGOCO's NGO Week in
September last year, where the idea was affirmed by SANGOCO in its final
resolutions. There is therefore a firm commitment on both sides that a clear
programmatic alliance between workers and communities would be beneficial to
both sets of interests.

General Secretary of NUMSA, Silumko Nondwangu, will lead the discussion to
deepen our understanding of this critical debate.

DATE: Wednesday 2 May
TIME: 13h00
VENUE: SANGOCO boardroom, 10th floor Auckland House, 185 Smit Street,
Braamfontein.

A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP with Neliswa on 011 403 7746.
Apologies for any cross postings, please feel free to forward to anyone
interested.

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Speakout! is a monthly forum hosted by SANGOCO and Interfund to provide a
space for NGO activists to reflect on pertinent strategic issues and to gain
an insight into aspects of the NGO sector outside their immediate field of
work. If you would like to see a topic

If you have any topics you would like to see being tackled in the future
please contact Mark Weinberg on 011 403 7746.