• 8th -11th October 2024

    Case Handling: Dismissals and Disputes

    Training details

    Date:                  22- 24 October 2024
    Time:                 08h30 – 16h30

    Venue:                Golden Valley Casino and Beckhuis, Worcester

    Accommodation and transport to be provided by your unions

  • 8th -11th October 2024

    DITSELA Boland School (Worcester)

    Training details

    Date:                  22- 24 October 2024
    Time:                 08h30 – 16h30

    Venue:                Golden Valley Casino and Beckhuis, Worcester

    Accommodation and transport to be provided by your unions

  • 5th-8th November 2024

    National Short Course - Administrator Course (Block 1)

    Looking at the role of the administrator, basic skills needed and problem-solving skills needed  in union. Additionally, the key issues around union organisation, history, purpose, values and labour debates overall. Administrators in the course will also be engage on the legal framework and how laws are made, through understanding the LRA and key labour laws.

  • National Short Course - The Siyakhuluma Series

    The objective of the Siyakhuluma seminars is to initiate and stimulate debate and explore different perspective on contemporary issues taking place locally as well as globally from a working-class perspective.

  • 27th- 29th November 2024

    Educators Conference

    DITSELA is intending to host its Educator Conference, depending on the availability of resources. The conference will celebrate worker history and worker education by honouring the workers struggles that produced organizational regeneration that created Fosatu then Cosatu, CUSA and then NACTU in Durban in the 1970s.

    It will discuss and interpret the present conjuncture, drawing conclusions for struggles ahead. It will discuss the production of knowledge in society, seeking ways at which worker education can be socially and politically mainstreamed.

Vision

To be a (Global) Centre of Excellence in Workers’ Education

In 1994, the new democratic government responded positively to the demands by the trade union movement for a commitment to Trade Union Education under the control of the trade union movement. The government created a special dedicated fund for this purpose, and supported the formation of DITSELA as an institute that will help build labour capacity to:

  • Strengthen worker participation in workplace, industrial and political democracy
  • Strengthen workers intellectual and organising capacity
  • Build and strengthen a strong vibrant labour movement in SA
  • Promote the role and importance of workers education

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Director’s foreword

We are thrilled to bring you the outline of our 2024 programme, themed “AWAKENING WORKERS’ EDUCATION IN SHARPENING THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOCIO-ECONOMIC CRISES”.  

In a world filled with uncertainty and trials, hope and solidarity are essential for resilience. Critical thinking and analytical tools are necessary for the working class to navigate adversity and bring stability to their precarious situation. The theme for 2024 is “AWAKENING WORKERS’ EDUCATION IN SHARPENING THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOCIO-ECONOMIC CRISES,” urging the working-class movement to stay alert on economic decisions taken by employers.

The DITSELA Workers’ Education Institute aims to improve the working-class’s situation by promoting critical thinking and analytical tools through our programmes. The program includes the National Education Programme, National Short Courses, Labour Law Accredited Skills Programme, and the Western Cape Education Programme.

Therefore, the institute seeks accreditation from the Quality Council for Trade and Occupations (QCTO) to improve work and qualifications. Essentially, the institute aims to build trade union leadership capable of supporting each other at the shop floor and higher echelons.

What We Do

Promoting

workers’ education as part of the adult learning policy discourse and its vital role in advancing socio-economic justice for the working class

Supporting

the development of education, organising and leadership capacity of the labour movement.

Upholding

traditional union values of democracy, collectivism, equality, human rights and the dignity of labour.

Providing

quality non-formal and formal workers’ education that encourages critical thinking, activism and transformation of the workplace and of society.

Advancing

the unity and solidarity of the working class locally, on the continent and globally.

Collaborating

with the workers’ education movement locally and globally.

Reviews

Fern Ellis

National Administration Course

“I didn’t expect it to be as practical as it was; it was a strange combination of very inspirational as well as extremely practical. It’s quite often that you get courses that you sign up for or do that aren’t as useful as you may have thought they’d be, but this one was incredibly useful. We had a session on “free writing” and often things like this turn out to be a little bit abstract and not of value but this was extremely valuable in terms of tapping into your subconscious mind, to refresh your memory from your subconscious. We did “minute-taking” in great detail as well as something I’ve always found strange and accessible- “Mail Merging.” “The facilitator; Ms. Dlamini, was extremely engaging, humorous, you could really tap into what she was saying and the technical aspects were really detailed. And I’m really grateful to Ms. Dlamini, and DITSELA as a whole, for everything they’ve done for us to ensure that everything was smooth- sailing for us. I’m truly, grateful, Thank You!”

Penelope Amogelang Kutumela

National Administration course

The course was incredibly educational and helpful, and the presenter was very knowledgeable and helpful. I now know what is expected of me as an administrator in the highly political and stressful trade union sector, but I also know how to properly manage and administer the office. I went into the course wanting to learn how to do a better job as an administrator; I wanted to learn how to organize and handle pressure from officials and members, as my position also requires that I assist members when officials are not around. Mastering filing would also help me run the office more efficiently on a day-to-day basis and the administration course gave me the abilities and information I desperately needed and assisted me in enhancing those I already had.

Johannes Mofephe

Fasset Seta Labour Law Skills Programme

“A huge thank you to DITSELA for conducting a progressive and comprehensive manual which entails key aspects of Labour Law to cover both the employers and employees, together with the trade union officials on behalf of members in various workplaces. Strategies, goals, and objectives of the training were really empowering and capacitating to enable the shopstewards to manage their roles and responsibilities in their workplaces on a daily basis, particularly on monitoring and evaluating the employer’s compliance with the regulations governing the workplace. Shopstewards and union officials who participated received further information and skill enhancement and advocacy concerning important priority areas in their workplaces. The training wasn’t just about equipping us with tools to fight the employer, but also a way of approaching it, thanks to Mr. Monaisa, the training facilitator, who gave us all new perspectives on the opportunities to apply strategies when effectively engaging or challenging his or her employer in an appropriate manner.”

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