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2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances.
… 2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances. …
BiographySaul Msane
… acted as a forum for registering grievances. After moving to the Transvaal to work on the mines, he joined the Transvaal Native Congress … promise was not…
BiographyPrincess Magogo
… musical instrument which is like a bow which has a string bound down to the middle of the bow) and was also a singer and poet. … Despite being raised in a…
Amy Johnson arrives in England after her record flight of twelve days and fifteen hours from London to Cape Town and back.
… record flight of twelve days and fifteen hours from London to Cape Town and back. …
BiographyZondeni Veronica Sobukwe
… with hospital management at the time. She was one of the strike leaders when Mr Robert Sobukwe first met her. Owing to her involvement in that strike, she…
US attempts an air strike at Colonel Muammar Kadhaffi’s home in Libya in the biggest US air strike since the Vietnam War. Libya
… US attempts an air strike at Colonel Muammar Kadhaffi’s home in Libya in the biggest US air strike since the Vietnam War. Libya …
Archive1946 : 70 000 miners strike : twelve killed : 1986 : Viva NUM
… 1946 : 70 000 miners strike : twelve killed : 1986 : Viva NUM …
ArchiveJB Marks - the giant who led the first miners strike
… JB Marks - the giant who led the first miners strike …
Nxumalo, C. (1976) ‘New school joins strike’, The World, 28 April, p. 4.
… Nxumalo, C. (1976) ‘New school joins strike’, The World, 28 April, p. 4. …
APDUSA Views - Issue No 7: The Great Sarmcol Strike!, August 1985
… APDUSA Views - Issue No 7: The Great Sarmcol Strike!, August 1985 …
’New school joins strike’, Nxumalo, C., The World. 28 April 1976
… ’New school joins strike’, Nxumalo, C., The World. 28 April 1976 …
Archive4 000 VW workers on strike over demand for pay increase
… 4 000 VW workers on strike over demand for pay increase …
The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation
… The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation …
There is a General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia.
… There is a General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia. …
Archive'You push me, I push back' - Malema lay charges against Gordhan, 27 November 2018
… 'You push me, I push back' - Malema lay charges against Gordhan, 27 November 2018 …
Give Us Back Our Land by Motsoko Pheko, 26 February 2015, South Africa
… Give Us Back Our Land by Motsoko Pheko, 26 February 2015, South Africa …
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… . Published by Human and Rousseau. If you would like to contribute to this biography please click on the … and other people miss out on, is social…
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
… workers and for a living wage. He influenced other workers to fight for these rights and led a strike which was known as the fight for "Upondo ngeLanga" ……
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
… workers and for a living wage. He influenced other workers to fight for these rights and led a strike which was known as the fight for "Upondo ngeLanga" ……
BiographySedick Isaacs
… and his classmates aware of oppression. This continued up to high school. At the age of 13, he was involved in … Cassiem . Isaacs with his knowledge of…
BiographyJohn Kgwana Nkadimeng
… in a hat factory in Johannesburg. He again returned to Sekhukhuniland and early in 1947 went back to Johannesburg to work in a tobacco factory. Whilst ……
240 Mobil workers in the Transvaal strike in protest against Mobil’s alleged failure to negotiate with them over intended disin
… 240 Mobil workers in the Transvaal strike in protest against Mobil’s alleged failure to negotiate with them over intended disin …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… Stone Age people (San/Tsam//Xam) teach their children how to hunt and gather food, skin animals, prepare and cook food … slaves and 1 Khoikhoi child. A…
BiographyLeslie Massina
… in 1921 in Pimville, Johannesburg, Massina left school to become a factory worker. He was the son of Luke Masssina,a … National Congress (ANC) at the time of…
Anglo-Boer War 2: The annexation of the Orange Free State is announced by Lord Roberts, and back-dated to coincide with the Que
… of the Orange Free State is announced by Lord Roberts, and back-dated to coincide with the Que …
A Soweto Action Committee is formed to back the plan for the future of Soweto proposed by the ‘Committee of 10’, most of whose
… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … A Soweto Action Committee is formed to back the plan for the…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… of work, this meeting of African miners resolves: - to embark upon a General Strike of all Africans employed on the Gold Mines, as from … 12th August, 1946."…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact … Amongst National Party (NP)…
Arab League foreign ministers back Egypt’s demand that Britain leave the Suez Canal Zone.
… Arab League foreign ministers back Egypt’s demand that Britain leave the Suez Canal Zone. …
Nigerian Labour Congress calls off national strike over high fuel prices.
… BBC, (2004). 'Key Dates', Focus on Africa , January to March, v. 15 no 1, p. 8 … Nigerian Labour Congress calls off national strike over high fuel prices. …