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… conditions, Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and Workmen’s Compensation. The General Factory Workers Benefit Fund … trade unionism, were radicalised and migrants and African women often spearheaded the militant activities of workers. … the Commercial Branch of the police confiscated the GFWBF’s records claiming that it was operating as an unregistered …

… power", to a more systematized usufruct of South Africa's black population as a source of cheap labour. At the same … polity. Their homesteads only began to be painted by their women in a distinctive polychromatic style sometime between … towns and on the Witwatersrand gold mines. Some of the women also entered the service of white families as domestic …

… of all our citizens. As an affirmation of the government's commitment to an entrenched human rights culture, we shall … and disabled, uplift disadvantaged sectors such as the women and the youth, and improve the lives of our people in … crime, alcohol and drug abuse, the abuse of children, women and the elderly and the painful reality of street …

… these are words that were used to explain South Africa’s Apartheid regime, which officially lasted from 1948-1994 … that some men even preferred to be with men rather than women. The argument can be made that these men chose to … situation is affected by their ascribed role of being women in a patriarchal society. Situations undoubtedly …

… conducted in 1990, found that only 0.7% of pregnant women were infected. Yet, in the same year, ANC leader Chris … and said he had never met anyone with the disease. Mbeki’s Minister of Health, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, fought … deep-rooted inequalities, which mean that girls and women, who are physiologically more susceptible to HIV …

… and rebellion in the air as nature fights back at humanity’s betrayal. The more this was sensed the more obvious were … with nature and its angers, the miners, the farmers , the women out there in the fields and crags are in rebellion too. … Malika is a founder-member of the Cape Town-based women writers' collective WEAVE, co-editor of their …

… also know which plants to use as medicine.  SAN SOCIETY: Women: Pick the plants and herbs for food. Build homes … he had killed to the parents of his bride. The bride’s mother would decorate her daughter’s face with the fat of … which means they believed in many gods. Both men and women could become healers. Healers served their community …

… families were disrupted farms were left in the hands of women and young children men in the cities became used to the … could not stay. They stayed in rooms with many other men. Women increasingly came to the towns to get work as domestic …

… Encouraging the youth to join trade unions Ensuring that women participated fully in the activities of the youth … other organization in the townships, particularly women, the local UDF and defence committees. The Soweto Youth …

… a series of calamities that included the death of 26 000 women and children in the Anglo-Boer War, the failure of the … jij is nog ‘n dolk In die deurboorde hart van 'n volk, Wie s'n wonde glad nie wil heel, Want hui verlies is al te veel; … the flu epidemic, gained her a large following among rural women and migrant workers in the Ciskei. In the rural areas …

… ten of the returnees lodged complaints at the Protector's Office about unfair conditions of employment and … and marriages were to be recorded The number of Indian women immigrants should be increased The government was to …

… Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the South African … this time substituting existing labour with Indian women. African and Indian men’s wages declined once again in … Street Cleaner’s Play. The play told the story of the women who acted in it, Kwa Mashu street cleaners, who at the …

… with regards to the Native Affairs Bill.  To read Jabavu’s testimony click here and for Mahabane’s testimony click … Jabavu at Fort Hare. November, One-hundred and sixty-two women are arrested by the police in Maquard, Free State for … of the White population'. The first significant action by women in the rural areas occurs in Hershel. They boycott …

… conducted for the first time, and found 0.8% of pregnant women to be infected. In April, the issue was raised at the … develop a cohesive response to the crisis. The government’s AIDS Unit was dismantled later that spring, and replaced … distribute an ARV drug called Zidovudine (AZT) to pregnant women. However, all ANC-led provinces rejected the use of …

… and shanties amid substantial homes. The Union Government’s Minister of the Interior, Patrick Duncan, introduced the … which Indians held a predominant interest or by Cape Malay women married to Indians: once de facto Indian ownership was … £100 before entering India, denied contact with Indian women, segregated in post offices, railways, public places …

… hunting wild animals and gathering berries and roots. The women usually gathered food while the men hunted. Source: …

… a fleet of ships, including six Indiamen and His Majesty’s warships. Aboard were injured soldiers and sailors from the … There were a total of 378 people on board, including 14 women and 25 children (Story of the HMS Arniston | Xplorio … that is used similarly to a compass to know a ship’s location because Captain George Simpson could not afford …

… farm and founded the village of Bloemfontein. Warden’s soldiers erected a Residency for the British Resident, as … topics were attended mostly by men, and occasionally by women. The Bloemfontein Literary and Debating Society … croquet, dancing, roller skating and reading in which men, women and children participated. Collecting various objects …

… it was being used or abused in the country. When Spro-cas’s funders put pressure on it to create a programme of action, … money from BCP. Through Isutheng, she set about empowering women and encouraging them to establish vegetable gardens and … Cape Town. When the leatherwork project proved successful, women in Zinyoka were tasked with finishing the leather. …

… Foundry on the East Rand are dismissed, and the union’s lawyer requests the Junction Avenue Theatre Company … , the Port Natal Administration Board starts employing women in order to save money. While men had been paid R200 per month, women were paid R52 for the same job. This discrepancy …

… these were day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was attended by … Immigration School Board considered the introduction of women from the Zenana Missions in India for the purpose of … The policy of Anglicisation remained. 1927 Nine Europe women teachers were employed at the Carlisle Street School in …

… in the 1970s. Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) One of Nigeria’s great intellectuals and writers, best known for his novel … areas who lack access to infrastructure and logistics. 10 Women African Leaders Ellen Johnson Sirleaf   (1938 –)    … was a driving leader and initiator of the Nigerian Women’s Movement in the 1960s. She was the founder of …

… weapons and farm implements, and building dwellings. Women had domestic responsibilities and raised crops, usually … a process of political consolidation among the Zulu’s was beginning to take place. A number of powerful chiefdoms … install an effective system of pass controls over African women failed. Only a quarter of Durban’s 30 000 African …

… or against the USSR. The USA having become Britain's great capitalist rival, Americans are now called 'too … war. An ICU official in the audience recalled the king's personal promise of benefits to African soldiers, which … the country branches especially, including the very live women's branches, brought tears to the eyes of more than one. …

… following year, at their national conference, the activist women's organisation, the Black Sash , passed a resolution calling … direct enemy of the SADF (South African Defence Force). It's disgraceful that the SADF, but especially the country's …

… Indian Congress , the South African Coloured People’s Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the … 25 and 26 June 1955 were workers, peasants, intellectuals, women, youth and students of all races and colours. The …

… The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when … the inner circle encompasses cattle byres and the men’s court, while the female residential zone of beehive houses … stock enclosures because these animals are associated with women. This type of walling first dates to the 15th century. …

… associated with them while alive: men in the cattle byre; women at the back around their grain bins; children in the …