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Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… the Union, struck work in support of the Union demands of 10/-, a day minimum and better food. Despite the difficulties … fabulous fortunes from their labour…
Constitution of the ANC
… or affiliated body shall be represented by more than 10 delegates at a provincial conference. (f) The provincial … three months after the termination of such…
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
… or elect officials other than the President from among the 10 elected members of the Executive. (vi) To expel, or cause … to vote. (h) Each province shall…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… and transfer power to the winner of the elections. On 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela stood on a stage in Pretoria … and respectable for Afrikaners to talk to the…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… September 1978, and was inaugurated as state president on 10 October 1978. FW de Klerk, who had just been appointed to …
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… with growing nervousness and fear. The Young Committee in 1939 and the Fagan Commission in 1948, like the Holloway …
PlaceOld Durban Brook Street Cemetery
… and champion of social justice who died just over 10 years ago) serves the community with a clinic, and …
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
… in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is a Township about 10 km South-East of Cato Ridge and some 50 km West of Durban …
PlaceOprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, Meyerton, Johannesburg
Founded in 2007 by the American Media Executive, Oprah Winfrey. This is a boarding School for girls, grades 8-12. Admission Criteria for her school is that the…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… 58,000 free Negroes. In 1920 the number of Negroes over 10 years of age was 520,000, and of these only 23% were … and 3,000 free Negroes. In 1920 the number…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… due to its ‘political content’ 1944 His Standard 8 (Grade 10) Science and Mathematics teacher, a Mr du Preez, an … Kathrada does not stand for re-election in…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… trumpeters. The total army comprised 30 000 infantry and 10 000 horsemen. The Songhai defence system was the largest … trumpeters. The total army comprised…
Open Call to Artists
Yard (*Working Title) Organised by ALMA MARTHA and Heinrich Groenewald In Collaboration with Erf 81, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town A site-specific 7-day workshop…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… performances and the formal programme will begin at 10:00 with messages of support from alliance partners (SANCO, …
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… the United Committee for Concern and the UDF. Days before 10 000 protesters were to gather at a Durban whites-only …
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… “When was Poetry Africa started?” he asks. We agree, about 10 years ago. “And why have I never been invited before? Why …
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… on 2 April 1808, pointing out that the main house required 10 square feet of new ceiling, 224 sq. feet of plaster on the …
The Democratic Party (DP)
… only 1,7% of the vote on the national level. With only 10 Members of Parliament, and under the leadership of Tony …
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Port is the busiest in South Africa and also one of the 10 largest in the World. Durban is blessed with humid weather …
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… with three machine guns and artillery. 24 May, At about 10:30am the police and soldiers are in position around …
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… to England at the end of the year. This they did about 10 days ago. We left them last June, despite differences of …
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… Pretoria. Her funeral was attended by more than 10 000 mourners. At the funeral, the COSAS speaker Tlhabane …
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
Prehistory of the Region Pre-history of Southern Africa Africans who worked with copper and iron inhabited the area between 350AD to 600AD. Linguistic and…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… and the offer was grudgingly accepted. Meanwhile, on 10 January, workers at the transport firm AJ Keeler stopped …
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… Johannes Vorster had been Prime Minister for just 10 days, following the assassination in the House of Assembly … between the CIA and Rochester Institute of…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… Lady Rose Innes of the WE 1926. 'The other may come' (SC12-26: 17). Most suffragists resented having their own … in Natal between 1858 and 1870 (quoted in…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The period during which this fusion took place (1933 to 1939) was one of prosperity and a lessening of tension …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 7
… The Natal Rubber Workers' Union had been organised in 1939. This Union opened its membership to European, Indian …
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… father’s support, however, she managed to get to standard 10—the end of high school. She attended Wynberg High School … her from school in the middle of…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that then you’ll do things differently”. …