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Maritzburg managers take a hard line
… Since the stoppage at Huletts Aluminium over the pensions issue last year, relations between FOSATU unions and several companies in the Maritzburg area have…
ArchivePass Laws and Influx Control
… Pamphlet regarding Pass Laws and Influx Control and the negative effect these laws have on the African people. The laws are considered to be discriminatory,…
ArchiveTransport workers flock in
… Goods transport workers are flocking to the Transport and General Workers Union and in the past four months the union has won a majority at eight new…
ArchiveNotes on political relations in Robben Island
… Congress and African National Congress relations. Covers the PAC hostility towards the ANC and subsequent improved relations with the ANC. …
ArchiveSACP contribution towards an election manifesto
… Communist Party (SACP) draft discussion document on the election manifesto. Contextualises the elections for a Constituent Assembly, discusses what the…
ArchiveNusas Congress Speeches, 1981: A Call for democracy
… NUSAS Congress held on 1981, addressing issues like,the students movement in the struggle for democracy, students initiatives in Universities, Students and…
PlaceHaakdoring
… 17km from Naboomspruit. Afrikaans for 'hook-thorn' The mame refers to the thorn bush found their and also gives name to the farm Haakdoringkuil! Near…
ArchiveCWIU climbs back at Sasol
… Ever since the agreement with Sasol in March this year, the Chemical Workers Industrial Union has been working hard to rebuild and strengthen organisation at…
ArchiveSharpeville 21 March 1960
… Article regarding the Sharpeville 21 March 1960. 5 000 people gathered at the Sharpeville police station near Johannesburg to start the Pan Africanist…
ArchiveDurbans bread strike
… Huddled in cardboard boxes to keep out the cold, some 800 workers at the B B Bread Bakery in Durban's Sydney Road kept up their night-long vigil to prevent…
PlaceCarlton Centre, Johannesburg
… The Carlton Centre is a skyscraper and shopping centre … Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it has been the tallest office building in Africa since…
COSATU Calendar
… depicting men; women with their children working in the fields and in the mines, protesting at meetings, and at the bus boycotts. …
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front International Youth Year co-ordinating Committee: brief report to regions
… to regions United Democratic Front delivered a blow to the racist Botha's regime grand reform plan, ie the tri-racial parliament and the black local…
PlaceHaaiiklip Island
… is a rock and is located in Western Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 8 metres. The name is Afrikaans and means "shark…
ArchiveAzikhwelwa: Parents co-operate with us!
… Circular, issued by the Soweto Students' Representative Council, calling for a boycott and stayaway by parents and workers from the 13-15 September 1976 in…
PlaceAnnabella Sandbank, Durban Port
… Sandbank at the entrance to Natal Bay, Durban. Previously known as 'Lee Bank', it took its name from the barque, 'Annabella'. That ran aground on it on 26…
ArchiveANC Branch Letter
… Branch letter in the ANC Cape Town Branch Newsletter summarising the ANC Political Education Discussion Paper, no. 5 called … victory! Organising for…
EventSouth African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo
… Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo. The ANC and Mozambique Government blamed South Africa for the attack, which subsequently was…
Social Housing on Tafelberg: Sea Point Residents Meeting
… The Western Cape government published a model indicating that 270 social housing units could be built on the old Tafelberg School site. This is a public…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos
… Introduction Chapter 1 - Change to Wage Labour Chapter 2 - The Early Years Chapter 3 - Where Working People Lived … Unions Chapter 7 - Locations for Labour…
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Russia
… Kozyrev, to establish full diplomatic relations between the two countries. The move was criticised by the South African Communist Party (SACP). … Southern…
ArchiveHow many???
… How many people are unemployed at the moment? Every worker knows that the only real answer to this question is that it is too many. … many people are…
EventAfrican National Congress guerilla is shot and killed in Orange Free State.
… called Ficksburg in Orange Free State on 2nd June 1986.The South African Police spokesman reported that the police opened fire after a man tried to use a…
EventZimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees
… National Congress (ANC) refugees. Unfortunately for the three Zimbabweans the bomb exploded prematurely and did not accomplish its mission. The car bomb…
ArchiveB S M 1982
… block on left hand side with white circle with fist in the middle and cross on bottom on circle with word ISLAND, with the words Kahle Agget written on the…
EventSharlene Surtie-Richards was born on this day
… The South African actress was born on this day in Upington, in the Northern Cape. She is known for her roles on television soap operas such as Egoli and the…
EventDr Phillip Blaiberg dies in Cape Town
… The dentist Dr Phillip Blaiberg died in Cape Town after … operation by Dr. Chris Barnard in January, 1968. Blaiberg, the longest-surviving heart transplant…
ArchiveLetter from Stanley Mabizela to Dear Comrade
… Handwritten letter from Stanley Mabizela regarding the situation in Swaziland. Thanks ANC for the visit from Thabo Mbeki. Reports that Comrades Monare and ……
PlaceJewish Pioneers Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
… The temple was designed by Orlando Middleton and erected by Jacob Kohler and Sons. The Port Elizabeth, Orthodox Hebrew Congregation was formed … Poland. On…
EventJani Allan, South African Journalist, is born
… Jani Allen made a name for herself as a columnist for the Sunday Times between 1979 and 1989. Her work as a journalist became so popular that she was voted …