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ArticleThe Western Front
At the outbreak of the First World War, Germany put into operation the Schlieffen Plan. This plan was based on the assumption that in case…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
The South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) was formed in 1916 in response to a request from the British Imperial Government for an…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
When the First World War broke out in August 1914, the British Government called upon the dominions in the British Empire to come to its…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
The out break of the First World War had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
Like their African counterparts, the organisations of the coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war effort. They…
BiographyTheophilus Doctorson Khumalo
Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo also known as “16 Valve” was born in Soweto, Johannesburg on 26 June 1967. His father Eliakim “Pro” Khumalo,…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
1972 October and December - Strikes at the Durban docks October 1972 - when new wages for dockworkers were not implemented,…
ArticleSASO Bannings
SASO came under increasing attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness leaders were banned. In 1977, nine SASO…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
At a GFWBF meeting in Pietermaritzburg in April, metalworkers from two factories called for the establishment of a union. Two months later,…
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
By late February 1973, the spread of the strikes was the most significant development since Sharpeville and the turn to armed struggle. …
Institute for Industrial Education (IIE)
The Institute for Industrial Education (IIE) was founded in Durban, in May 1973, to serve as a school for trade unionists of all races and…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
NUSAS students set up the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) in 1972. They worked closely with Harriet Bolton of TUCSA. The aim…
ArticleWages Commission
Soon after the 1971 garment workers’ strike at Currie’s Fountain, three students from the Durban campus of the University of Natal –David…
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
By the time Harriet became General Secretary for the GWIU, Indian women started to enter the industry in significant numbers from 1960…
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
The “Bolton Hall Four” David Davis, David Hemson, Jeannette Cunningham-Brown and Halton Cheadle were banned for five years under the…