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ArchiveIR Workers Organisations Cosatu 1991 - 1992
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations Cosatu 1987 - 1988
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations AZACTU 1975 - 1986
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations African Unions 1984
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations African Unions 1983
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations African Unions 1982
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations African Unions 1981
ArchiveIR Workers Organisations African Unions 1980
BiographyNtwaesele “Fish” Keitseng
… At the age of 23, he came to South Africa as a mineworker and became one of the original members of the African … Union led by J.B. Marks .In 1949, he left…
BiographyDr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe
… action in the 1950s, Njongwe was president of the Cape ANC and chief organiser of the Defiance Campaign in the eastern … Cape in 1952. He was born at Qumbu…
BiographyDon Mattera
… then moved to Johannesburg where Mattera's father was born and classified Italian by the authorities. His mother was a Motswana and domestic worker in…
Reclaiming Radical Traditions of Workers' Education by Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton
… 50 Years Conference South African trade unions have a long and rich history of inventing creative approaches to workers’ education. The period following the…
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
… son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from then on only saw him infrequently. His mother was a domestic worker and took sole…
Vella Pillay
… 1923, Johannesburg. My family, father, mother, sister and myself lived in two rooms in an extended courtyard of … the British colonialists to meet the labour…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… by taking possession of land, expanding trade routes and establishing trade outposts in the Dutch East Indies. In … at the Cape to provide fresh supplies of…
References and links: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… References and links: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa …
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… of or regarding for the history of the nations, peoples and states. Consider the case of the war in Sierra Leone … often advanced as the sine quo non of …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… resistances such as the Sharpeville massacre , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era ended in … drills deep into the…
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
… for art which his father encouraged by buying him pencils and crayons. The young Pemba became notorious for escaping … in the school library. As a 16 year…
In the Athens Paralympic Games Natalie du Toit wins her fifth gold medal, the 50m freestyle, in a world record 29.52sec, after
… the Athens Paralympic Games Natalie du Toit wins her fifth gold medal, the 50m freestyle, in a world record 29.52sec, …
Dora Nginza
… as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and adopting homeless children. She laid the foundation of … tribute to her years of…
Safety and security issues
… Domestic Violence and Abuse Assault victim. Julesburg clinic. Northern … form of violence. In many domestic violence cases women and girls are often battered…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… as equal citizens. South African women -under the social and even legal control of their fathers or husbands - were … obviously doubly disadvantaged as a…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… South Africa that swept through the country in the 1980s, and the changing geopolitical circumstances on the … after spending 18 years on Robben Island…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… Land and labour are two very important elements of the economic development of a society, and the way they are used will influence how the society … there…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… South Africa, their treatment after the South African War and numerous laws that controlled and restricted black movement and labour. The end of the South…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… publicised South African guerrilla trials, the Silverton and Soekmekaar trial. The charges brought against the accused … plans to attack the Port Natal…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
… The council was divided, with verligtes and verkramptes pulling in different directions. It was … abolishing laws that made life for Black, Coloured and…
ArticleInsurrections I: Tracks and Lyrics
… explain The river has not changed with the passing of time And the boat, the boatmen remain the same Now tell me what … do we cross over now) 2. Ghosts…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… a more complex picture of the history of the groups and collectives that played a role in developing what became … machinery tried to control what was…