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About 22 000 miners on Witwatersrand gold mines go on strike.
… About 22 000 miners on Witwatersrand gold mines go on strike. …
EventSA experiences a monetary crisis due to the heavy drain of gold from the country during the Great Depression
… had a profound effect on economies around the world and South Africa was no exception. South Africa's greatest … part of the mineral sector was badly…
Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, dies in Durban. He was born in 1890 and played an active r
… Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, dies in Durban. He was born in 1890 and played an active r …
The Merensteijn strands at Jutten Island at the west Cape coast and sinks with a cargo of gold and silver, which is salvaged in
… strands at Jutten Island at the west Cape coast and sinks with a cargo of gold and silver, which is salvaged in …
Dr Emil Cohen, geologist and discoverer of the first gold deposits at Lydenburg, northern Transvaal, is born in Denmark.
… Dr Emil Cohen, geologist and discoverer of the first gold deposits at Lydenburg, …
BiographyGünther Komnick
… camp, from the ages of 15 to 18, together with his mother and younger sister. It was during these years in the labour … to become a lithographer. Komnick…
BiographyMary Fitzgerald
… Fitzgerald was born in Ireland in 1882, and came to South Africa as a typist for the British Army. She worked in the Castle in Cape Town , and then moved to…
Working in the apartheid city: worker struggles in Durban, 1959-1979
… workers' struggle with the state within the industrial and commercial sector, and with the trade unions, in Durban, South Africa, beween … Working in the…
Developments of Practical Strategies for Improved Worker Relationships With the Farmer
… Developments of Practical Strategies for Improved Worker Relationships With the Farmer …
Statement on the African Worker, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 14, 1946
… Statement on the African Worker, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 14, 1946 …
Document - 133 ‘.Editorial: The Bloemfontein Trade Union Conference and the Industrial Conciliation Act”, The Militant Worker, October-November 1945
… - 133 ‘.Editorial: The Bloemfontein Trade Union Conference and the Industrial Conciliation Act”, The Militant Worker, October-November 1945 …
Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies in J
… Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies …
Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies in J
… Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies …
Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born i
… Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is …
Hansi Pauline Pollak, sociologist, welfare worker and activist, is born in Johannesburg. In 1980 the University of Natal awarde
… Hansi Pauline Pollak, sociologist, welfare worker and activist, is born in Johannesburg. In 1980 the …
English social worker and reformer Emily Hobhouse sets sail for South Africa, where she will investigate conditions in concentr
… English social worker and reformer Emily Hobhouse sets sail for South …
NUM e phatlalatsa tsekisano le Gold Fields SA (artilce written in Sotho language)
… NUM e phatlalatsa tsekisano le Gold Fields SA (artilce written in Sotho language) …
Gold Coast League Assembly adopts Kwame Nkrumah’s resolution demanding independence from Britain.
… Gold Coast League Assembly adopts Kwame Nkrumah’s resolution …
Kwame Nkrumah wins the first parliamentary election on the Gold Coast (Ghana).
… Kwame Nkrumah wins the first parliamentary election on the Gold Coast (Ghana). …
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was six years old, his family moved to the … 1983, Jack…
This Day reports that the jobs of about 9 000 mineworkers will be saved after successful negotiations between Harmony Gold and
… be saved after successful negotiations between Harmony Gold and …
Kwame Nkrumah, first prime minister and later president of Ghana, becomes the Leader of Government Business in the Gold Coast A
… Kwame Nkrumah, first prime minister and later president of Ghana, becomes the Leader of Government Business in the Gold Coast A …
Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow
… Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form …
Kwame Nkrumah, premier and later president of Ghana, is born in Nkroful, British colony of the Gold Coast (later Ghana).
… Kwame Nkrumah, premier and later president of Ghana, is born in Nkroful, British colony of the Gold Coast (later Ghana). …
Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow
… Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form …
The merger between Ashanti Goldfields and SA’s Anglo-Gold, approved by the Ghanaian government on 29 October 2003, becomes effe
… The merger between Ashanti Goldfields and SA’s Anglo-Gold, approved by the Ghanaian government on …
George Walker, co-discoverer with George Harrison of the gold reef of the Witwatersrand, dies in poverty in Krugersdorp.
… It is widely accepted that the gold reef on the Witwatersrand was discovered by George … him. Both men had their own version of how they found the gold reef,…
BiographyMthuthuzeli Tom
… 1959, in the village of Mpongo outside East London, and was one of eight children. His mother was a domestic worker and his father was a factory worker at a…
BiographyJackson Mbhazima Hlungwani
… Nkanyani Village, Gazankulu. The son of a Shangaan migrant worker, he had no formal training as an artist and learned to carve from his father who made…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… Heritage Day, the grave of Enoch Sontonga who composed and wrote the first verse and chorus of Nkosi, Sekelel' iAfrika, was declared a … Nelson Mandela…