Founded in 1910 as: 'The Natal University College', in Pietermaritzburg.
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This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
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Irvin Jim
Born:
February 1, 1968
in Eastern Cape
Irvin Jim was born in1968 in the Eastern Cape in Motherwell. He became a university student, active in the anti-apartheid movement but poverty forced him to abandon his education to work in a Port Elizabeth tyre factory. He worked there to earn money and he joined the National Union of metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA).
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Essop Goolam Pahad
Born:
June 21, 1939
in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal (now North West Province)
Died:
July 6, 2023
in Johannesburg, Gauteng
Essop Goolam Pahad was born on the 21st of June 1939 in Schweizer-Reneke in Western Transvaal (now North West Province). He grew up in a family of political activists.
Colonial History of Domestic Work
The Suburb of Tokai took its name from Tokaj, a range of Hills in Hungary. It was built in the late 1940's due to the urgent need for housing for South African soldiers, returning from World War II.
A 'Tokai' is the ancient Malabaris's ( who originated from the State of Kerala) word for the tail of a peacock. (The name represents the importance of the Malabar region where, rumour has it, the British spotted a peacock for the first time.
'Nquthu' is an isiZulu name meaning: "the back of the head", also spelt 'Nqutu'. The Battle of Isandlwana was the first engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War, on 22 January 1879. Umzinyathi District has a total area of 8 079 square Kilometres and is located in the North of KwaZulu-Natal.
Rorke's Drift, situated 46 km South East of Dundee, on the Battlefields Route. Is the site of one of the most famous battles of the Anglo-Zulu War. Years later in 1847, an Irishman named; Jim Rorke, bought some Land alongside a Fjord, in the Buffalo River.