• 24th -28th June 2024

    National Short Course - Introduction to labour Law

    This module seeks to lean away from applying law on the premises of opinion to that of a fact, within the standard of proof through the balance of probabilities. It further ensures that the learners are in a better position to use the law as the most important tool to organize the working environment.

  • 25th June 2024

    Internal meeting for TUQ

    Internal meeting for TUQ with the Facilitators and Developers - Online Meeting

  • 24th- 28th June 2024

    National Short Course - Labour Law Accredited Skills Programme

    DITSELA will continue to deliver the Labour Law Skills programme, which is accredited with 20 credits. This module is taken out of the Trade Union Practice Qualification NQF Level 4 with 157 credits. The programme will be delivered in partnership with ETDP Seta and Department of Labour and Employment. It will be delivered in one province in 2024.

  • 24th- 28th June 2024

    TUPQ M7 Media and Communication

    - Physical Meeting

  • 25th – 28th June 2024

    Short Course Introduction to Labour Law

    - Physical Meeting

  • July 2024

    Boland Needs Analysis

    - Physical Meeting

  • 5th July 2024

    Siyakhuluma combined with Western Cape (Youth)

    - Online and Physical Meeting

  • 8th-12th July 2024

    Research & Organisational Development Weeks

    These weeks are internal platforms for evaluating, designing and planning programme work. During these weeks, information across different department of the organisation is shared.

  • 15th -19th July 2024

    Media & communication National short course

    - Physical Meeting

  • 23rd -25th July 2024

    TUQ Material Development workshop

    - Physical Meeting

  • 5th -7th August 2024

    Upington School

    (Staff will be leaving on the 4th August and returning on the 8th August) - Physical Meeting

  • 13th – 16th August 2024

    National Short Course - Labour Law: Arbitration

    Participants look into dispute resolution in the LRA and how the CCMA works when we address the follow up process. Additionally, critically look at how to build a legal case with an organising approach and what is needed to prepare for arbitration and the overall arbitration process.

  • 13th – 16th August 2024

    Short Course

    - Physical Meeting

  • September 2024

    Provincial School

    - Physical Meeting

  • 10th- 13th September 2024

    National Short Course - Case Handling Disputes & Dismissals

    An overview of Labour Laws is engaged with and key aspects of the LRA and its practical application in the workplace. The course addresses the BCEA and EEA and how employers and unions can and should use it. In addition, non-legal aspects of dismissals and categorisation of different types of dismissal in the workplace such as dismissal for misconduct are addressed.

  • 13th- 16th August 2024

    National Short Course - Gender & Women Development

    Raise participants’ awareness and consciousness to address different kinds of oppression or discrimination, especially Gender Inequality, at the workplace, in the trade union and in the community.

  • 26th – 30th August 2024

    PEP/Support Eastern Cape and OR Tambo Region Western Cape

    - Physical Meeting

  • 20th September 2024

    Siyakhuluma combined with Heritage month

    -  Online and Physical Meeting

  • 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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