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12 December, 2011Herman Ntlatleng will start in January 2012 as IMF's Regional Officer.
SOUTH AFRICA: Herman has been a sector coordinator for NUMSA including iron, steel and energy companies. Prior to this he was the NUMSA sector coordinator for the automotive and tyre sectors. He has come up through the union as an organiser, starting out Ford Motor Company where he worked as a spray painter.
Herman's task will be to assist affiliates in building stronger, independent and self-reliant trade unions in metal and other industries in Africa. He will help unions to develop organizing, collective bargaining, networking and joint actions. Should the new global union be formed next year, Herman will be joined by regional personnel from ICEM and ITGLWF, increasing the pool of knowledge and experience from which affiliates will be able to draw from as we move forward.