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9. Military Unions: Moving from Accommodation to Confrontation to Subversion

verfasst von : Lindy Heinecken

Erschienen in: South Africa's Post-Apartheid Military

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Abstract

This chapter debates the factors that have facilitated the emergence and institutionalisation of military unions. The chapter assesses the evolution of their relationship with the Department of Defence, and examines why, unlike in other European countries, a distinct culture of confrontational pluralism emerged. The final section deliberates how the military has tried to parry the union challenge through the appointment of the Defence Force Service Commission, a revised grievance structure and Military Ombudsman.

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Ibid.

David Farnham and John Pimlott, Understanding Industrial Relations, fifth ed. (London/New York: Cassell, 1995).

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Heinecken, ‘Discontent within the ranks’.

Ibid.

Lindy Heinecken, ‘The Impact of Societal Forces on Receptiveness to Trade Unions in the SANDF’, Africa Insight 28, no. 1/2 (1998): 84–89.

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Heinecken, ‘Is Selfless Service Becoming a Misplaced Service Ethic’.

Harries-Jenkins, ‘Trade Unions in Armed Forces’, 61.

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Farnham and Pimlott, Understanding Industrial Relations, 46.

Heinecken, ‘Is Selfless Service Becoming a Misplaced Service Ethic’, 55.

Lindy Heinecken, ‘No Unions We’re the SANDF: But What’s the Alternative’, African Security Review 6, no. 6 (1997): 19–27.

Ibid.

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See South African National Defence Union v Minister of Defence and Another, 1999 (6) BCLR 615 (CC, 635).

See Heinecken and Nel (2007) for an extensive evaluation of the Constitutional Court case and subsequent cases concerning the right to collective bargaining.

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C. van Niekerk, ‘Foreword: Enough is Enough’, paper presented at the SANDU National Conference Programme, Pretoria, South Africa, 2002, 6.

Heinecken and Nel, ‘Military Unions’; R. Molefe, ‘Military Union Fights a Winning Battle’, City Press, 3 June 2007.

Department of Defence, Policy on Equal Opportunities and Affirmative Action.

Duncan, ‘Voice, Political Mobilization’, 53.

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Ibid.

DefenceWeb, ‘Another Bloody Nose for Military Legal Services’, DefenceWeb, 10 September 2014, https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/another-bloody-nose-for-military-legal-services/, accessed 22 August 2019.

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Reuters, ‘Union Buildings “Special Leave” Protestors Recalled’, DefenceWeb, 25 May 2016, https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/union-buildings-special-leave-protestors-recalled/, accessed 22 August 2019.

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Department of Defence, Department of Defence Overarching Human Resource Strategy, Part 1.

Republic of South Africa, Final Report of the INDFSC to the Honourable Minister of Defence, L.N. Sisulu (Pretoria: Department of Defence, 2016), 7.

Ibid., 17.

The members of the commission are: Lieutenant-General (ret.) Lambert Moloi, Major-General (ret.) James April, Major-General (ret.) Bantu Holomisa, Professor Renfrew Christie, Ian Robertson, Magirly Mokoape, Lindiwe Zulu and Dipuo Mvelase. While the committee is representative in terms of race and gender, all the members, with the exception of General Holomisa, are closely aligned with the ruling party and some have served in MK.

Defence Force Service Commission, Recommendation by the Defence Force Service Commission.

Andisiwe Makinana, ‘Guptagate: Opposition Parties Point Finger at Zuma’, Mail & Guardian, 22 May 2013, https://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-22-guptagate-opposition-parties-point-finger-at-zuma, accessed 22 August 2019.

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Ibid.

DefenceWeb, ‘Military Trade Union is “Provocative”—SANDF Chief’, DefenceWeb, 4 April 2016, https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/military-trade-union-is-provocative-sandf-chief/, accessed 22 August 2019.

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DefenceWeb, ‘Guptagate Moves to the Military Courts’, DefenceWeb, 2 September 2013, https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/guptagate-moves-to-military-court/, accessed 22 August 2019; Marianne Merten, ‘Guptagate: Zuma Not Off the Hook Yet’, IOL, 21 January 2015, http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/ guptagate-zuma-not-off-the-hook-yet-1807321, accessed 22 August 2019.

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DefenceWeb, ‘Another Bloody Nose’.

Farnham and Pimlott, Understanding Industrial Relations, 46.

Jane Duncan, ‘The Danger of the Blindly Obedient Soldier’, The South African Civil Society Information Service, 8 May 2012, http://sacsis.org.za/s/story.php?s=1290, accessed 22 August 2019.

Ibid.

Titel: Military Unions: Moving from Accommodation to Confrontation to Subversion
verfasst von: Lindy Heinecken
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: South Africa's Post-Apartheid Military
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-33733-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-33734-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33734-6_9

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