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ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2009 to 2010
… Development Jeff Radebe Labour Membathisi Mdladlana Mining Susan Shabangu Police Nathi Mthethwa Public …
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… Leveson's long-term commitment to photographing mining compounds and the migrant lifestyle not only depicted … father Abe Bailey who earned his fortune…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… for the new capatilist state and in particular for the mining and agricultural sector. However, with the failure of …
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… leaflets that were regularly distributed to workers in the mining compounds and at the union’s rallies. Miners’ Strike … under the Industrial Conciliation…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… particular began to mobilise workers in the fast-growing mining industry in Rustenburg. By the early 1980s, NUM … 100 000 people live on BaFokeng tribal land…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… ). Typical handaxes and cleavers were exposed by lime mining at the beginning of the 20th century. Concentrations … not hearths but the result of manganese…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… mined by shafts as opposed to open mines, like diamonds. Mining as an individual was not as efficient as using groups … independence. In order to maintain…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… worsened the already failing economies of Europe. The mining of mineral wealth from Africa required the … like the British South African Company for farming…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… shipping. Coastal vessels connected to fishing, whaling, mining and agriculture are of local interest as they show the …
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… and political ambitions, and the individual actions of mining magnates like Cecil John Rhodes, resulted in a slow … attention on rebuilding the country, in…
The South African War
… in southern Africa would have been inevitable before the mining industry could become a more important driving force …
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… nominally composed of a considerable number of different mining companies, it was in essence a closely knit and tiny … of a handful - perhaps five really…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… political affiliations of farmers tended to coincide with mining and commercial capital. In the Orange Free State (OFS, …
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… Company (BSAC), bought a written concession for exclusive mining rights in the Matabeleland and other adjoining … venture grew and in 1880 they launched the…
South African Labour history
… is true of history. For instance the story of the gold mining industry has often been told as the story of …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… forces began crushing the rebellion: 'The outlying mining towns of Benoni and Brakpan were already dominated by …
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… Patrice Motsepe, who became a billionaire off the mining industry and former Eskom CEO, Brian Dames were ahead … is President Cyril Ramaphosa ’s brother-in…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… was also part of a housing project for the employees of a mining processing company based in Nelspruit. The project, a joint initiative of the mining company…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… Project: The Richtersveld Community v. Alexkor Ltd. Mining Corporation …
Local Government
… Committee’ to draw up rules and regulations for the mining camp. A ballot, presided over by Mining Commissioner Von Brandis, was held on 8 November, the ……
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… people. The struggle between Boer and Briton, the mining revolution, the struggles of the White working class, …
ArticleMapungubwe
… also successfully requested a postponement of prospecting, mining and related activities on Greefswald. In June 1933, …
ArticleDrum Magazine
… Bailey – a former RAF pilot and the son of a South African mining baron – took over the magazine in 1951 that the … – reportedly due to his father's…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… general population of men would work in the quarries and mining fields during the day. Most, being told that they … disadvantages. Most men would work in the…
ArticleThe missionaries
… land. The occupation, followed by the introduction of the mining industries (diamond in 1867 at Kimberly and gold in …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… of South Africa’s secondary industry. Before the war, mining was the predominant contributor to South Africa’s …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… the ages of 19 and 40. Only those employed in agriculture, mining and railroads are exempted. 31 May The Battle of …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… prohibits Indians from residing or conducting business in mining areas. 1909 March 25, Mrs Thumbi Naidoo, Mrs Patel and …
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… resulting in the loss of 183 467 ‘man days’ to various mining companies. The trial of trade unionists, mineworkers …
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… The first post- Union administration, responding to the mining industry’s labour demands and the disquiet of White …