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Naidoo, Jay (Jayaseelan)
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pronunciation:
[niydoo]
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| South African labour leader and opponent of apartheid, born in Durban, E South Africa. In 1979 he became a trade union organizer, and rose to prominence in the labour movement. When the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) was founded in 1985, he was elected general secretary. In this capacity he played a leading role during the mass-based protest politics of the 1980s, and led COSATU into formal alliance with the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party. From December 1990, he was active in the negotiations for a new political dispensation in South Africa. |
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