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… Strike Ishmail Bila …

… or other form of wage labour. A large number were forced to become labourers on white-owned farms. Here a labour … who remained in the rural areas, didn't just sit back and accept all these controls. As they struggled to … unions developed, workers began to use more organised strike action. Everyday forms of resistance ... among …

… Mine workers strike back …

… Phillips workers strike back …

… Background to the strike …

… In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction through peaceful demonstrations. … January 2014, almost 70 000 platinum mine workers went on strike. The majority of workers were from major platinum … accumulated debt had increased and they were paying back R5 000 per month. Other mineworkers who had taken out …

… day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep levels, … 1946 African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings … agree to strike on 12 August. It is better to die than go back with empty hands." After the decision to strike was …

… Strike …

… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was … Deep mines in January 1911. But they were brutally forced back to work by police and white miners. Many were jailed … The 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike …

… Universitas Bound …

… and told the employers that we want those Coloured women back” … Back to union …

… Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the … ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers, but the racist … and half the group decided to abandon the strike and go back to work. At Sub Nigel, with a total workforce of 5,000, …

… clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers Published by the South … struggle against the bosses and their racist state. As far back as 1930 communists like TW Thibedi and SP Bunting made a …

… begins in Griqualand West. 1872 Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond mines. 1873 … Rhodes a limited mining concession. 1907 White miners strike against Chinese labor 1922 Army quells miners' strike, … formed the African Mine Workers Union 1943 In order to stave off the growing unrest among the African mine …

… Dawnlight: back to tribalism …

… According to a study, titled Sleeping giant is stirring: Farmworkers in … already struggle with food insecurity, a lack of access to nutritional food.   A number of exploitative practices are … part of unions are not able to participate in a protected strike, meaning workers who took part in strike place their …

… Nusas to report back to students …

… South Africa warns Mozambique it will not hesitate to strike back if Mozambique continues to shelter guerrillas conducting …

… 12 reasons to back Inkatha …

… The Duration of the strike! …

… The Mine Workers Strike - 1946 …

… The right to strike …

… Black and white artwork of a group of African people bound with barbed wire. … Black and white artwork of people bound with barbed wire …

… Back to the future: Nationalism, internationally …

… Court attempt to get workers back …

… Silkscreened brown on yellow; Call to whites: Durban Education Conference report back … Call to whites: Durban Education Conference report back …

… Countdown to general strike : 4-5 November …

… SARWHU shop steward, who went on a thirty-three-day hunger strike to back his demand either to be charg …

… Civic forum to back up democratic Durban …

… The second stage: attempts to get back …