Sydney Bunting, labour union leader dies

Date: 25 May 1936
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Sydney Bunting, labour union leader dies

Sydney Percival Bunting, South African communist and labour union leader, died at the age of 53 in Johannesburg, from stroke related disease. Bunting played an instrumental role in the formation of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA).

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01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar. Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau. SAHO Sidney Percival Bunting [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 24 May 2013

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Sydney Bunting, labour union leader dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011561

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