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Background to the strike
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- South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative…
- Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of…
- Birth of the African Mine Workers’ UnionThe 1946 mine workers' strike was led by the African Mine Workers Union, whose president…
- 1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-19871867 Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley. 1867 Diamond mining…
- The Duration of the strike!
- Council of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise and reconstruct all…
- Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike You are here: homehome libraryarticles & documents A Distant clap of thunder:…
- A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George PonnenGANGEN-GEORGE PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL…
- African National Congress Timeline 1940-1949In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP,…
- Liberation history Timeline 1940-1949The 1940s were characterised by changes that had a profound effect on the political…
- The Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948The history of the struggle against racial oppression and exclusion in South Africa is…
- The African Mine workers strike of 1946Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most…