Action notes: No. 6: Constitutions
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- Title
- Action notes: No. 6: Constitutions
- Description
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This document, titled "Action Notes: No. 6: Constitutions", is a practical guide for activists in South Africa on the legal and structural formation of organisations. It focuses on the crucial distinction between entities that require formal government registration (such as Close Corporations or Trusts) and grassroots bodies, like civic organisations and advice offices, which operate primarily through a self-authored constitution.
The pamphlet explains that for many non-profit and community groups, a well-drafted constitution is sufficient to grant the organisation its own "legal personality." This status allows the group to enter into contracts, incur debt, or be sued as a distinct entity from its individual members—a concept known in South African law as a Voluntary Association. The guide provides a framework for drafting these foundational documents to ensure clear governance and legal protection for members. - Subject
- Human Awareness Programme
- Shop stewards -- Training of
- Trade-unions -- South Africa -- Officials and employees
- Labor unions -- Study and teaching
- Collective bargaining -- Chemical industry
- Industrial relations -- South Africa
- Chemical workers -- Labor unions -- South Africa
- Labor education -- South Africa
- Shop stewards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/60086
- ISBN 1-874808-03-1
- Date Issued
- May-90
- Creator
- Human Awareness Programme
- Rights
- Human Awareness Programme
- Rights Holder
- Human Awareness Programme
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Genre
- text
- manual
- Extent
- 45 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- useGuidelines
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Publisher
- Human Awareness Programme
- Is Part Of
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Action Notes
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