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• Small Business Development • Offices of the Provincial - Eastern Cape
http://www.dsbd.gov.za/ Premiers: http://www.ecprov.gov.za/Pages/
• Social Development - Gauteng default.aspx
http://www.dsd.gov.za/ https://www.gov.za/about- - Kwazulu Natal
• South African Revenue Service government/contact-directory/ http://www.kznonline.gov.za/
provincial-gov/provincial-
https://www.sars.gov.za/Pages/ gov/gauteng-provincial- index.php
default.aspx government - Mpumalanga
• The Presidency - Western Cape http://www.mpumalanga.gov.
http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/ https://www.westerncape.gov. za/dept/otp.htm
• Tourism za/dept/department-premier - Northern Cape
https://www.tourism.gov.za/Pages/ - Free State http://premier.ncpg.gov.za/
home.aspx http://www.freestateonline. - Limpopo
• Trade & Industry fs.gov.za/ http://www.limpopo.gov.za/
http://www.thedtic.gov.za/ - North West
http://www.nwpg.gov.za/

3.5 Trade Unions & Industry Representative Organisations

All sectors of the economy will be impacted by the legal regulation of Cannabis, and the various industries
can be summarised according to the industries defined for Trade Unions in South Africa:
• Agriculture, Forestry • Wholesale & Retail Trade • Financial, Insurance &
• Manufacturing • Transport, Storage and Business Services
• Electricity, Gas & Water Supply Communication • Community, Social & Personal
• Construction Services

Trade Union issues specific to Cannabis should be dealt with by large umbrella unions first so that the
correct information can filter down to smaller organisations. This list is not exhaustive but must include
the following:

• CCMA – Council for Conciliation, • NEDLAC – National Economic • SADTU – South African
mediation Development and labour Democratic Teachers union
& arbitration Council http://www.sadtu.org.za/
http://www.ccma.org.za/ http://nedlac.org.za/ • SAFFCAWU – South African
• COSATU – Congress of South • NEHAWU – National Education, Forestry, Farming, Catering and
african Trade unions Health and allied Workers’ allied Workers union
http://www.cosatu.org.za/ union http://www.saffcawu.
• CONSAWU – Confederation of https://www.nehawu.org.za/home. com/427086635
south african Workers unions html • SAMA – South African Medical
https://www.ituc-africa.org/ • SAFTU – South African association
Confederation-of-South-African. Federation of Trade unions https://www.samedical.org/
html http://saftu.org.za/ • SAPU – South African Policing
• FEDUSA – Federation of Unions • ABANTU – Agricultural union
of south africa Broadbase and allied national https://www.sapu.org.za/
http://www.fedusa.org.za/ Trade union • Agricultural Employers
• NACTU National Council https://www.labourguide.co.za/ Organisation
of Trade unions trade-unions-in-south-africa https://www.daff.gov.za/doadev/
http://nactu.co.za/ sidemenu/links/Digest18.htm

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