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Indian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
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Feb 03, 2014

Indian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU

By the time Harriet became General Secretary for the GWIU, Indian women started to enter the industry in significant num...

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Harriet and the Bolton Hall Four
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Feb 03, 2014

Harriet and the Bolton Hall Four

The “Bolton Hall Four” David Davis, David Hemson, Jeannette Cunningham-Brown and Halton Cheadle were banned ...

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1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
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Feb 03, 2014

1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton

Following the 1973, Durban strikes, TUCSA seemed unwilling to hold to book employers. TUCSA had long paid lip service to...

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Harriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
Article
Feb 03, 2014

Harriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union

By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an...

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Defeat of the Liberation struggle
Article
Feb 03, 2014

Defeat of the Liberation struggle

Following the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, the Government declared a State of Emergency (SOE), in 83 magisterial districts...

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Feb 03, 2014

The turn to armed struggle

For several years, different liberation organisations debated engaging in armed struggle against the Apartheid state. Fo...

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Sharpeville
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Feb 03, 2014

Sharpeville

On 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and...

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KwaMashu
Place
Jan 31, 2014

KwaMashu

The development of KwaMashu Township, in the KwaZulu-Natal province and located some 19km north of  Durban, resulte...

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The Influenza epidemic
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Jan 31, 2014

The Influenza epidemic

 

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The Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
Article
Jan 31, 2014

The Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.

 

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The impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
Article
Jan 31, 2014

The impact of the War on Agriculture and Land

During the war agricultural production in South Africa received a major stimulus as a result of increased demand inside ...

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Pondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
Article
Jan 31, 2014

Pondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961

The Pondo people fiercely resisted the rise of the Colonisersand their attempts to reshape and re-engineer Pondoland and...

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The missionaries
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Jan 31, 2014

The missionaries

Missionaries arrived in Pondoland in 1830 when Faku, the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from 1818 to 1867, allowed Wes...

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Jan 31, 2014

The introduction of new administration and laws

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Jan 31, 2014

Cachalia, Amina. 2013. When Hope and History Rhyme: An Autobiography - Reviewed by Muhammed Haron

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