The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
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Johann Maree was one of the founders of the Western Province Workers’ Advice Bureau in 1973 that became the Western Province General Workers’ Union and later the General Workers’ Union. He served on the Editorial Board of the South African Labour Bulletin from 1976 to 2008 and was chair of the Board from 1978 to 2006.
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“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
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1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference - Papers Submitted
These papers were submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
SS Clan Stuart
The SS Clan Stuart was blown ashore in 1914 between Glencairn and Simon's Town, along Cape Town’s west coast. The SS in the vessel's name stands for ‘steamship’. This steamship was built by W. Doxford and Son in 1900, in Sunderland, England (Barnardt, 2013). It was a triple expansion steam engine ship, weighing 3,594 tons, but it was not designed to withstand strong weather conditions (Barnardt, 2013). This design meant that most of the ship would be below the waterline, the method has become known as the turret deck principle (Mitchell, n.d.).
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa- (MOCCA)
The building that plays host to the new Zeitz MOCAA has been a part of Cape Town since the early 1900's. At 57 metres, the Grain Silo was once the tallest building in Cape Town, when it was built in 1921. It was decommissioned as a grain silo in 2001, and gradually became more derelict. In 2017, it was converted to the remarkable Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), in a spectacular contemporary reimagining of this Historical Building. Created by London-based architect; Thomas Heatherwick.