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Colonial history of Rustenburg
… the flag of the Republic, and a coat of arms was designed. Mining activity began, and was intermittent, until the platinum mining industry developed in the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… conference extends the NOC structure to include the mining and agricultural workers. South African Congress of … adequate compensation for the victims of the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… proportion of its members came from the manufacturing and mining sectors. The activities of Cosatu became closely …
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association to recruit mining labour from the concentration camps. Simultaneous to …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
… the improvement of the physical infrastructure, trade, mining, energy, agriculture, education, health and culture. … of a bridge linking Brazzaville and…
PlaceFree State Province
… Africa, with agriculture central to its economy, while mining on the rich goldfields reefs is its largest employer. … preplanned cities in the world;…
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
… their present proud position? It had been said by a mining magnate that if equal rights were given to the … the smallest possible wage. For years before the…
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… to South Africa – some on foot – in search of work in the mining sector. Doctor : United States, Britain, and Ghana …
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… to honour his 28-year-old son Llandaff who died in a mining accident. After saving eight colleagues from a coal …
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… of the Suburb was bought by a Company owned by the 'Mining Magnate'- Barney Barnato, and the District became …
PlaceRustenburg
… City in South Africa, due to the incredibly lucrative Mining Industry in the Region. As Rustenburg lost its …
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… indicative of apartheid such as forced removals and mining camps, to offer photographs of people’s personal …
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… only a minority to benefit from such discoveries. The mining industry is depicted as fuelling white materialism, … questions posed by John: “what is it worth…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
… in commodity prices, and are relatively confident that our mining sector will begin to show an improvement in the near future. The Mining Charter is being…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… meditative approach to the documenting of declining mining towns, Apartheid-era Afrikaner communities, suburban … from his school days in the 1940s and a…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… 1886 -1895 Gold is discovered in Johannesburg. Deep level mining is instituted for the first time in South Africa with …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… turned its focus to other industries such as agriculture, mining, transport and metal. However the situation in …
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… and social lines. Racist laws enabled the white-owned mining companies to control workers, keep wages very low and …
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… "Alexander Bay is the remains of a very lucrative diamond mining industry. The Cove on the Coast, 7 km South of the …
PlaceWild Coast
… toll-road Highway, as well as proposed open-cast Titanium Mining in the Xolobeni Dunes. A coalition of Organisations …
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… rather restless and unsettled in the haphazardly developed mining town. But then there came to my rescue Lionel, Curtis, …
PlaceMapungubwe
… also successfully requested a postponement of prospecting, mining and related activities on Greefswald . In June 1933, …
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… to the status of proletarians labouring in agriculture, mining or manufacturing in order to earn a living. But, as in … legislation failed to restrict the…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… of Africans who have since become capitalists engaged in mining, agriculture, secondary industry, finance management … that the NP foisted on them. From the…
Archive2011 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2011
… areas. These are infrastructure development, agriculture, mining and beneficiation, manufacturing, the green economy … the State as the custodian. South…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… state in the interests of all South Africans. Mining should have a developmental impact and promote job … and transformation. More importantly, we agreed…
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
… With regards to, for example, the transformation of the mining sector, which is under the spotlight currently … need to remind all parties about the need to…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
… ran a small men's wear business in Randfontein, a gold mining town near Johannesburg. He took serendipitous … being lectured. Another portrait, of Harry…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: ANC Statement on Policy Conference state of readiness, 25 June 2012
… Strategy and tactics, the State intervention in the Mining sector study report (SIMS) as well as the National …
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… with colour. 'Asbestos' is a damning indictment of the mining industry, which for decades exploited the land and the …