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| B-0097019 | biography | Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo | 1967 | ✓ |
| A-0097008 | article | Timeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes | 4 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0097007 | article | SASO Bannings | 4 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0097001 | article | Metal and Allied Workers Union | 4 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096998 | article | The Strikes and Popular and Political Support | 4 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096995 | article | Institute for Industrial Education (IIE) | 4 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096989 | article | General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) | 4 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096988 | article | Wages Commission | 3 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096985 | article | Indian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU | 3 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096982 | article | Harriet and the Bolton Hall Four | 3 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096981 | article | 1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton | 3 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096980 | article | Harriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union | 3 Feb 2014 | – |
| A-0096974 | article | Defeat of the Liberation struggle | 3 Feb 2014 | – |
| P-0096970 | place | KwaMashu | 31 Jan 2014 | ✓ |
| A-0096967 | article | The Influenza epidemic | 31 Jan 2014 | ✓ |
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…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
Following the 1973, Durban strikes, TUCSA seemed unwilling to hold to book employers. TUCSA had long paid lip service to the ideal of…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
Following the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, the Government declared a State of Emergency (SOE), in 83 magisterial districts – the first state…
PlaceKwaMashu
The development of KwaMashu Township, in the KwaZulu-Natal province and located some 19km north of Durban, resulted from the mass…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
In March 1918 an international influenza pandemic broke out, that led to the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. The pandemic spread…