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… on 10 October 1944, one of the five children of Anna and Gilbert Dlamini, a worker in an electro-planting factory. Dlamini's father came from Swaziland, and was frequently arrested for illegal residence in South …

… Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in …

… property of the ‘Randjeslaagte Syndicate’ contains payable gold d …

… Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in …

… The first gold (61 ounces) is sent from Kromdraai in the Witwatersrand …

… Gottlieb Mauch, purported to be the first man to discover gold in SA, is born in Stetten …

… to light the discrimination practiced by the mine bosses and the ruling class against blacks. At a time, when not many … majority, he became involved in the trade union movement and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), both of which … apartheid laws controlling labour. This made fighting for worker's rights very difficult. The banning meant that Selby …

… was the most significant development since Sharpeville and the turn to armed struggle.  The striking workers and their demand for a living wage received much support from the general public. The GWIU and the GFWBF was able to garner support from a network of …

… she also grew up. Her mother Hanna Mtintso was a domestic worker and her father Gana Makabeni  was a trade unionist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Mtintso … 2012]| Goldblatt, B & Meintjies, S. (1996), “ Gender and the Truth Reconciliation Commission ” from the  …

… of her husband Jimmy Bolton, Secretary of the furniture and garment unions, in 1964, Harriet was asked by the … informed members that a settlement had been negotiated and all their demands, including a 20 percent increase in … during this time led to the establishment of a number of worker-related organisations, and ultimately several trade …

… Soweto, in 1976. He was part of a religious youth movement and from his experiences in the youth movement and as a worker, he joined the progressive trade union movement.   … at www.cosatu.org.za . Accessed on 25 November 2011|Mail and Guardian, (2004). New SACP leaders chosen in Gauteng from …

… divided according to gender. The men were herders, hunters and warriors. Even though cattle was important, survival … Tools and weapons from iron and copper …

… of the Zulu King,  Dinuzulu  kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and Queen Silomo. In 1926 she married King Mathole Buthelezi. Princess Magogo composed Zulu classical music and was gifted in playing the ugubhu, (a stringed bow and a … awarded the  South African National Order of Ikhamanga in Gold  for a life of prolific musical composition, and an …

… He also discovered for Europe the south-east trade winds and the westerlies to the west and south of South Africa, … at São Jorge de Mina, the Portuguese fortress on the Gold Coast. They touched on the barren Namibian coast in … in trading at Mina and brought back with him a cargo of gold and slaves, which were sold to provide finances for …

… Thabo Marera was born in Soweto on 18 September 1972 and matriculated at Anchor Orlando North High School.  After … drama at the Natal Technikon he went into film production and worked himself into a senior crew position, mostly on … regarded as his proudest achievement and which won eight Gold Loeries overall. Marera directed commercials for …

… age she decided she wanted to fight against apartheid and the oppression of women, and so joined the Congress Movement. She participated in the … from the  ANC Women’s League  in 1998, and a Military Gold Medal from  Nelson Mandela  at the MK Military Veterans …

… Enos Mabuza was born on 6 June 1939 at the Sheba Gold Mine. He attended the Sheba Mine School until Std 4 and moved to Barberton Community School until Std 6. He then attended the Emjindini secondary School and got his Junior Certificate in 1957. He went on to obtain …

… Cape. His father, Ntibane Mzimba, was educated in Lovedale and became a deacon in the Presbyterian Church. He attended school at the famous Lovedale College from 1860 and in 1875 was ordained as the first South African-trained … Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba with the Order of the Baobab in Gold, posthumously, for his pioneering role in the emergence …

… Transkeian Migrant Workers and Youth Labour on the Natal Sugar Estates 1918-1948 …

… thousands of years intact because the Nile River Valley and Mediterranean and Red Sea border kept foreigners and … people as it did in Egypt. However, the region was rich in gold, ivory, and ebony. The Nubian people converted to … looted many buildings. The Portuguese were searching for gold and ivory and knew that the Eastern coast was rich in …

… City Council.Manuel attended Harold Cressy High School and matriculated in 1973. He moved on to work for a … Committee (CAHAC). He was also appointed as a field worker for the Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC), … by students at the University of the Western Cape and developed a view in line with Black Consciousness …

… family was very nationalistic, with both their father and grandfather fighting in the Anglo Boer War , their mother being held in a concentration camp during the war and their father joining the 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion . Due … this time the white workers were busy forming the Garment Worker’s Union (GWU) with the help of Emil Solomon Sachs . …

… expulsion of Communists from the ICU by The South African Worker, December 24 1926, South Africa …

… Leaders’ Co-ordinating Committee’s Work, South African Worker, 4 September 1937 …

… Neil Aggett, South African worker’s union leader, commits suicide while in detention, …

… kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. He was born ca. 1790 near Mkuze, … hunting in Mashonaland, Hartley accidentally discovered gold. Soon afterwards, Hartley, Adam Renders and the … exploring north of Great Zimbabwe, realized the extent of gold present around the old African mining villages along the …

… - 20 00 Women rioted in Cato Manor over living conditions and government beerhalls and passes for women. Photo by Drum photographer © Baileys … 1886 - 1940, Labour Laws Readings Callinicos, L. (1981). Gold and Workers 1886-1924 . (online) Johannesburg: Ravan … Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise …

… After the proclamation of the public gold diggings at Randfontein the previous day, Johann Rissik, …

… with his hair dyed golden, wins a Paralympic world record gold medal 100m sprints in his first internationa …

… (Fred) Struben (80), one of the discoverers of the Rand gold reef, dies in Devonshire, England. …