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The National Transport Movement (NTM) is a
trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
representing workers in the transportation sector in
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
. The union was founded in 2012 as a split from the
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is a trade union in South Africa. History In the late 1990s, the South African Railways and Harbours Union (SARHWU) and Transport and General Workers' Union (South Africa), Transport ...
(SATAWU). Its leader, Ephraim Mphahlela, had formerly been president of SATAWU, and he brought with him about half of SATAWU's total membership. In 2013, the union affiliated to the
National Council of Trade Unions The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is a national trade union center in South Africa. History The federation was formed by the merger of the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) and the Azanian Confederation of Trade Unions (AZACT ...
, but in 2017 it moved to join the new
South African Federation of Trade Unions The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is a trade union federation in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the s ...
(SAFTU). However, in 2018, the union left SAFTU and became entirely independent. SAFTU claimed that this was due to corruption charges against Mphahlela. At the time, it had around 52,250 members. In 2018, the union won a major case against Prasa, leading to the reinstatement of 700 of its members who had been sacked five years earlier.


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