Another two companies organised by FOSATU affiliated unions have won May Day as a paid public holiday.
Archive record
Paid May Day won in Natal

- Origin date
- April 1982
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Paid May Day won in Natal. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106954
South African History Online (2016) 'Paid May Day won in Natal', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106954 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Paid May Day won in Natal [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106954, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Paid May Day won in Natal." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106954. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Paid May Day won in Natal." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106954.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
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