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… resulting in the loss of 183 467 ‘man days’ to various mining companies. The trial of trade unionists, mineworkers …

… paper which totally supported the strike, was sued by four mining companies for 40,000 pounds for publishing the Unions … - prohibiting gatherings of more than twenty persons on mining property without special permission. J. B. Marks, the … of its cheap labour policy and big dividends for the mining magnates and big business. This marked the opening of …

… source The Native Land Act affected both the farming and mining sectors. Much of the land set aside for black people … could not make a decent living. As a result of this, the mining boom and the need for cheap labour in urban areas, black men were attracted to the mining industry. By linking the supply and distribution of …

… of town and district schools (farm schools). 1868 Mining begins in the vicinity when Henry Hartley’s claims of … higher chrome ore was developed. In 1968 it had acquired a mining lease over land owned by the BaFokeng, later known as …

… . It is argued that this led to the revitalisation of the mining industry and the expansion of manufacturing industry. … reserves by prospective employers. Those recruited by the mining houses were accommodated in its compounds. The JMC …

… were the influential people of Johannesburg, the mayor, mining and business moguls, politicians and people that …

… (STEYCO), claimed to have five branches located in the mining and cotton-farming communities on the eastern border …

… for labour increased.  In 1885, the De Beers Diamond Mining Company became the first private organisation to …

… of colonialism in the continent. The development of the mining industry after the discovery of diamonds and gold rapidly transformed the South African economy. The mining economy attracted labourers from both inside and …

… conference extends the NOC structure to include the mining and agricultural workers. South African Congress of … adequate compensation for the victims of the Clydesdale mining disaster. Moses Mabhida, South African Congress of …

… 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 1940s to become the backbone …

… the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association to recruit mining labour from the concentration camps. Simultaneous to …

… proportion of its members came from the manufacturing and mining sectors. The activities of Cosatu became closely …

… and the dying mines ofthe Witwatersrand. Having lived in a mining town all my life, I felt the need to explore the mmmg … other for a final clean. These are fascinating aspects of mining society and its tools. On the Randfontein Estates, … I tried to photograph what these things disclosed of mining society and the migrant labour system that had brought …

… indicative of apartheid such as forced removals and mining camps, to offer photographs of people’s personal …

… the evidence of how legislation was used to the benefit of mining magnates and white workers to oppress African workers. … farms and mines about African labour [8] . This meant that mining magnates and farmers had to find ways to attract … There was a need to organise labour supply in the mining industry and as a result significant legislative and …

… 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, this mining industry?...They say it makes the country rich, but …

… turned its focus to other industries such as agriculture, mining, transport and metal. However the situation in …

… and social lines. Racist laws enabled the white-owned mining companies to control workers, keep wages very low and …

… 1886 -1895 Gold is discovered in Johannesburg. Deep level mining is instituted for the first time in South Africa with …

… wars. The economy of Ghana was based on iron and gold mining along with agriculture. Products were traded with … Asante kingdom and it developed a wealthy agricultural and mining economy. The Akan people needed slaves to work their …

… for those who had acquired interests on proclaimed (mining) land. The Industrial Conciliation Act of 1930 …

… discovered on BaFokeng land in 1921, the government and mining companies made many attempts to dispossess the …

… October, The Azapo health secretariat and the Black Allied Mining and Construction Workers’ Union launch an …

… public digging – coloured persons debarred from acquiring mining Sexual relations between whites and coloured persons … for those who had acquired interests on proclaimed (mining) land. i) The Industrial Conciliation Act, 1930. ii) …

… huge social and economic effect on South Africa. Gold and mining remained the biggest industry in the country, but …

… This decade also marked the gradual transition from a mining and agricultural economy (before the war) to a …

… the discovery of diamonds in 1867. [1] More than diamond mining, the discovery of gold in 1882 was the engine behind … for electricity generation – and from the late 1800s, gold mining was tied to electricity. [4] Power stations were … argue that South Africa’s economic strength lies in the mining and energy sectors, which are interdependent and …

… visit them. Black inhabitants of southern Africa had been mining and working gold for centuries before the arrival of … in 1886 on the Witwatersrand. Laws relating to the new mining industry were immediately put in place and specified …

… of Mines in the case of any land proclaimed under any mining related law and the Natural Resources Development … ownership would expire after ten years (5.1bc). However, mining companies were exempt from this portion of the law …