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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…
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 …
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…
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 …