John Gomomo (1946-2008) was an executive committee member of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). He started working at Volkswagen in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape in the 1960s. Then it was illegal for African workers to join trade unions; he became shop steward at Volkswagen.
South African Unionists Back Divestment
Against the Current, No. 11, November-December 1987