POPCRU

Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union
Founded	November 1989
Headquarters	Johannesburg, South Africa
Location	South Africa
Members	120,000
Key people	Zizamele Cebekhulu, president Nathi Theledi, secretary general
Affiliations	COSATU, WFTU
Website	www.popcru.org.za IT Manager Abel Mahlangu

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) is a trade union in South Africa representing police officers, traffic officers and correctional officers, it has around 120,000 members. POPCRU was formed in 1989.

History[edit]

On 5 September 1989, a group of black officers in the South African Police defied orders and refused to attack anti-apartheid protesters. Some of them worked with a group of prison warders to found POPCRU, in November. The new unions was unable to secure recognition, with many of its leaders being dismissed, and some being imprisoned. In 1993, it finally achieved recognition.^[1]

POPCRU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

Leadership[edit]

General Secretaries[edit]

Jacob Tsumane

2000s: Abbey Witbooi

2007: Nathi Theledi

Presidents[edit]

1989: Gregory Rockman

1990s: Johnny Jansen

1996: Zizamele Cebekhulu

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