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Liberation history Timeline 1940-1949
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- South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative…
- Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of…
- Background to the strike
- Birth of the African Mine Workers’ UnionThe 1946 mine workers' strike was led by the African Mine Workers Union, whose president…
- 1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-19871867 Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley. 1867 Diamond mining…
- The Duration of the strike!
- Council of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise and reconstruct all…
- Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike You are here: homehome libraryarticles & documents A Distant clap of thunder:…
- A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George PonnenGANGEN-GEORGE PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL…
- African National Congress Timeline 1940-1949In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP,…
- The Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948The history of the struggle against racial oppression and exclusion in South Africa is…
- The African Mine workers strike of 1946Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most…
- uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African…
- African National Congress (ANC)The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in…
- African nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with…
- The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked…
- Mass Democratic movements, 1976-1983IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in…
- Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and…
- Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view…
- State policies and social protest, 1924-1939One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation…