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Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… a greater contribution to the South African economy than mining. This rapid change in the late 1930s and 1940s from a predominantly mining economy to one…
ArchiveANC 2019 Election Manifesto
… in the core industries of manufacturing, agro-processing, mining and beneficiation, and tourism. Industrial policy … year by boosting local demand for goods,…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… the Charter strikes a fatal blow at the financial and gold-mining monopolies and farming interests that have for … of the exploitation of vast sections of…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS Upington, 27 April 1997
… of breaking from dependence on agriculture and a shrinking mining sector by diversifying into manufacturing and tourism. … establish more factories to add…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), King George Hotel, Athens, 24 February 2005.
… developed nation. Further, as we know, Africa is a huge mining continent. Yet, the beneficiation of the raw materials … of building a strong value addition…
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… he moved to Kimberley to become involved in the diamond mining boom. Over the next 30 years: he amassed one of the …
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… solidarity. In this they were most successful in the gold mining industry in the 1940s, where it fell to Albert … was a euphemism for a new understanding…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… to lavishly accommodate the distinguished visitors of the mining industry – those protesting contrasted the opulence of … low wages and poor living…
PlaceStilfontein
… deep. The Mponeng Mine, owned by: ' Harmony Gold Mining Company'. ( This is an underground mine located in … ounces of gold in 2023 and it quickly grew into…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… ↵ [xiii] Mandla Langa, "Mining the Archives of our Lives" (seminar, STIAS Fellows' …
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… the increasing urbanisation of black South Africans into mining centres such as the Witwatersrand. The sound of marabi …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… considerable historical significance due to its diamond mining past and the siege during the Second Boer War. …
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… of a R25-million share allocation by Gold Fields, a gold-mining firm located in South Africa. The law firm believed …
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… to the mines and farms as cheap labour. But, once in the mining and industrial centres, the African could not settle … element! And so the imperialist built…
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
… enforced the integration of our people as labour into the mining industry, and traditional leaders were expected to be …
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… November and December 1913, striking Indian workers in the mining area were being whipped and beaten, and taken down the …
PlaceCullinan
… 'Frederick Wells', surface manager of the Premier Diamond Mining Company, in Cullinan on 26 January 1905. The stone was … Museum which has become part of the…
PlaceJagersfontein
Jagersfontein is home to one of the oldest and largest, diamond Mine holes in the World. This Town is located South-West of Bloemfontein. A 50-carat diamond…
PlaceMarikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
… has advanced from a single commodity, South African gold mining , company to become an multinational mining and metals processing Group with a diverse…
ArchiveMaintaining Law and Order
A2 black and white photo of soldiers lining street, with Caspirs; Text: Maintaining Law and Order; The Law of Death, the Order of Tyranny, Kairos
PlacePhalaborwa, Limpopo Province
… even if you're not impressed by mines in general. Mining and smelting of copper and iron ore date back to 400 … by mineral deposits that today still support…
ArchiveIls mettaient tout en commun ...
Multicoloured poster. Quote from Bible, Acts 4 : 32-35. Artwork of people sitting at a dining table and a boy and girl bringing food, possibly loaves and…
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa's longest wage strike
South Africa's longest and biggest strike was organised by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), led by Cyril Ramaphosa. At the time it was the second…
PlaceWelkom
… in 1948 by Sir Earnest Oppenheimer, (who was the De Beers mining magnet.) Welkom is the second-largest City in the Free … in 1961 and was declared a City in…
ArchiveQuote from Marx
Black, white and yellow poster. Quotes from Marx, Cecil Rhodes and Lenin. Map of Africa showing the colonial partition. Artwork of high society dining. Artwork…
PlaceOdendaalsrus, Free State
… Having been established in 1912, this is the oldest gold mining Town in the District. The Town was a group of Farms … by Jeanette Gold Mines, Limited. The…
The Indian People In South Africa: Facts: About The Ghetto Act
… in all its acts by the economic interest of powerful gold-mining capitalism and the wealthy farmers, the Union … labour policy pursued by the great…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… houses of bank notes.” His layman’s description of gold mining draws the distinction between prospectors, engineers …
PlaceNamaqualand
… presented great difficulties and in 1876, the copper-mining interests built a Railway Line to Port Nolloth. This 2 … presented great difficulties and in 1876…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… Digital Film Festival, the 9th Annual Investing in African Mining Conference Indaba and the International Conference on …