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ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… children of the pharaohs and bureaucrats were exempt from manual work and succeeded to their parent's position … surplus generated by a favourable climate…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… of owning a person who is sold/bought for profit and/or labour. Smallpox: A serious disease that caused a high … the Americas and sold to plantation owners…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… in industries, where black people were in demand for labour in industries. Black people filled the positions that … people already occupied better jobs…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… to black workers and demanded higher wages for their labour on farms. [5] The richer white farmers were not … caused the Department of Irrigation and the…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… did not arrive immediately and the refreshment station’s labour requirements resulted in Van Riebeeck’s orders being … Europeans regarded the Khoikhoi to be…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic manual machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered, … that enjoyed the benefits of the new…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… distaste for city life, his praise of agricultural labour and his renunciation of wealth. From Ruskin he drew … that all labour whether that of the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… and native marriages, industrial training and labour.’ The Occupation Act of 1886 of the South African … basis for the process of forced removal and eviction…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… end of his life. March, CHAP releases a twenty page health manual written by Asvat. The manual provided information on preventive health care, child …
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… and adequately to concerns that had led to intermittent labour and civic unrest that erupted in the aftermath of … escalated, becoming more frequent and…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his … as slaves. The men were imprisoned and assigned to hard…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… make-up of southern Africa was the creation of a migrant labour system from the 1870s onwards. Provisions for the … enterprises in the Colony. The resultant…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… in South Africa for decades. Apartheid thrived on cheap labour: workers had to contend with the migrant labour system, passes and influx control, job…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGE By Brij Maharaj … tional-holiday-on-16-november-to-acknowledge-its-indentured-labour…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… sailors and soldiers, were insufficient to perform all the manual labour required to build and maintain the settlement. The local Khoi people were unwilling…
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
… by Drum photographer © Baileys African History Archive Labour Issues Working Life Factories, Townships and Popular … in the city, The struggle for a place in…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… 1659-1799 With the Colonial administrations facing a labour shortage due to Khoi reluctance to work for them, they … of the Khoi and tying them to prolonged…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… for the new government was to define a single land and labour dispensation for South Africa. This challenge was … that the mines and urban employers were to…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… in South Africa, would threaten the migrant labour system upon which White profitability depended. This … Thus, apartheid was very much about maintaining…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… the Khoikhoi or San and frequently male for domestic labour, according to records dating back to 1777 [ii] . … century caused white women immigrants to…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… resolved that eight hours should constitute a legal day's labour as of 01 May 1886. The Federation also recommended to … Trades Council. The next occasion…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of … and Africans were only allowed into towns…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… 1657 with various incentives, they were not provided with labour. The Transatlantic slave trade, an artist's depiction … Unknown. The Dutch initially did…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… had been proletarianised and were reduced to the status of labour. This labour was kept subservient through legislation and force, or … as a means of…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… and a Dog Tax, and were subjected to a system of forced labour called isibalo , which caused widespread hardship and … the South African War there was a…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, the Labour Party under Colonel Cresswell was the…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… During the gold-mining revolution, patterns of land and labour were established and continued into the 20th century. … by exploring Britain, diamond mining…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… degree. They were proletarianised and used to satisfy the labour demands of the mining and agricultural industries. … few years, the state set precedents in…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour movement. It developed as a response to pressure from … formally adopt the 1955 Freedom…
America, Spanish conquest
… society, every person had to work without pay, because labour was seen as a form of tax. Shortly before the … the Incas to work for them for low wages. They…