Performing Arts Workers' Equity

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PAWE
Performing Arts Workers' Equity
Headquarters Braamfontein, South Africa
Location
Members
365
Key people
Mabutho Sithole, president
Kagiso Senkge, general secretary
Affiliations COSATU

The Performing Arts Workers' Equity (PAWE) was a small trade union in South Africa. It had a membership of only 365, but was affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions. It merged with the Musicians Union of South Africa (MUSA) to form the Creative Workers Union of South Africa (CWUSA).

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