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Feb 22, 2016

Workers around the world understood that if they joined together in groups and demanded better conditions and more pay, ...

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Feb 22, 2016

In 1960 before that terrible day of March 21 some workers resigned from work because they were preparing for that day.

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Feb 22, 2016

Using the special powers granted to it by the declaration of a State of Emergency, the South African Police has declared...

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Feb 22, 2016

One of the major reasons for the State President, PW Botha, declaring a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts w...

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Feb 22, 2016

President P W Botha has discovered a new weapon in his attempts to combat the increasing international pressure for econ...

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Feb 22, 2016

Fifteen coffins were carried in a mass procession of over 30 000 people to the graveyard in the Springs township of KwaT...

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Feb 22, 2016

The longest recognition struggle in South African labour history has come to an end. Nearly 2 000 National Union of Text...

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Feb 22, 2016

The All Blacks rugby tour was called off in July just a week before the team was due to leave New Zealand. It was determ...

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Feb 22, 2016

Jacobs motor component manufacturers, Rowen, and the National Automobile and Allied Workers Union have signed a unique s...