Rolly Sidima Xipu (born 12 January 1952) was a South African boxer, [1] who fought from 1972 to 1981. Xipu held the South African lightweight title.
Rolly Xipu, became a political giant of the then greater Wits region. The comrades who started NUMSA 20 years ago needed to work clandestinely under the oppressive apartheid system. Among those who were there at the start, was Numsa Ekurhuleni regional organiser Rolly Xipu. Xipu was born in Payneville, Springs; his father was originally from the outskirts of Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. He grew up in church and played sport like any other growing youth becoming a professional boxer in South Africa.
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Springs is a former independent city that is now part of the City of Ekurhuleni, based in the east of Johannesburg, in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It lies 50 km (31 mi) east of Johannesburg and 72 km (45 mi) southeast from Pretoria. Its name derives from the large number of springs in the area, and its estimated population is more than 121,610 in 2011. It is situated at 1,628 m (5,341 ft) above sea level.
Zwelinzima Vavi is the General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU). He is the former general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and vice-chairperson of the Millennium Labour Council.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is the biggest single trade union in South Africa with more than 338,000 members, and prior to its expulsion on 8 November 2014, the largest affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the country's largest trade union federation.
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Rolly is a masculine given name and nickname which may refer to:
Xipu may refer to:
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The United Front was formally launched in South Africa in 2015, following a preparatory activities in 2014, including a summit in November of 350 delegates representing labour unions, social movements and popular organisations, faith-based organisations, NGOs and anti-capitalist formations. It was launched with the support of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), which severed ties with the African National Congress and South African Communist Party at its December 2013 congress and to foster left-wing alternatives. While NUMSA defined itself as Marxist-Leninist, it envisaged the United Front as open to a range of forces, and as distinct from NUMSA itself. Significant differences of opinion emerged in the United Front from an early stage. The United Front effectively supplanted the Democratic Left Front, a smaller formation which had been established in 2011, itself founded following the collapse of the Anti-Privatisation Forum. Given the connection to NUMSA, both the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) which had expelled NUMSA, and the South African Communist Party, remained outside the United Front, the party proposing an alternative "left popular front" (LPF).
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Makhosazane Promise Patience Zungu is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since 2019. She was formerly the Speaker of Mandeni Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal and rose to prominence through the National Union of Metalworkers.