<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is a trade union federation in South Africa . It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions . </P> <P> On 30 Nov 1985, 33 unions met at the University of Natal for talks on forming a federation of trade unions . This followed four years of unity talks between competing unions and federations that were opposed to apartheid and were "committed to a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa ." COSATU was officially established on 1 December 1985 . Among the founding unions was the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU). Elijah Barayi was the organisation's first president and Jay Naidoo the first general secretary . </P>

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