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Feb 06, 2014

David Davis

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Feb 06, 2014

Barney I. Dladla

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Feb 06, 2014

Arthur Grobbelaar

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Feb 06, 2014

Alwyn Schlebusch

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Feb 05, 2014

Book launch of Death of an Idealist

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Feb 05, 2014

An open letter to Minister Jeff Radebe for ‘justice’ to be served

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Timeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
Article
Feb 04, 2014

Timeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes

1972 October and December - Strikes at the Durban docks October 1972 - when new wages for dockworkers were not imp...

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SASO Bannings
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Feb 04, 2014

SASO Bannings

SASO came under increasing attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness leaders were banned. In ...

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Article
Feb 04, 2014

Schlebusch Commission

In 1973, the Government appointed a select committee of parliament, the Schlebusch Commission, to investigate the object...

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Metal and Allied Workers Union
Article
Feb 04, 2014

Metal and Allied Workers Union

At a GFWBF meeting in Pietermaritzburg in April, metalworkers from two factories called for the establishment of a union...

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The Strikes and Popular and Political Support
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Feb 04, 2014

The Strikes and Popular and Political Support

By late February 1973, the spread of the strikes was the most significant development since Sharpeville and the turn to ...

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Article
Feb 04, 2014

Institute for Industrial Education (IIE)

The Institute for Industrial Education (IIE) was founded in Durban, in May 1973, to serve as a school for trade unionist...

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Archive
Feb 04, 2014

The Cape Coloured People To-day: An Address Delivered to the League of Coloured Peoples

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Article
Feb 04, 2014

General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)

NUSAS students set up the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) in 1972. They worked closely with Harriet Bolton ...

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Wages Commission
Article
Feb 03, 2014

Wages Commission

Soon after the 1971 garment workers’ strike at Currie’s Fountain, three students from the Durban campus of t...

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