Abstract
This chapter is based largely on qualitative interviews which the author had with Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), its unions and other organisations, including those representing external migrants, and examines the attitude and policies of COSATU towards external migrants. It begins with a brief discussion of the role of external migrant labour in the development of capitalism in South Africa. The discussion proceeds to examining the link between globalisation and the external migrant labour system, and the ways in which COSATU responds to external migrants. This includes an exploration of the evolution of COSATU's policy on external migrants, including attempts to organise those external migrants that are employed in various sectors of the economy. The chapter ends with a discussion of COSATU's responses to the May 2009 xenophobic attacks and external migrants' views on COSATU's approach to their struggles and issues. Keywords:COSATU; external migrants; labour system; South Africa; xenophobic attack
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