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PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
… style. The farm is now owned by a subsidiary of the large mining company Anglo American, who have restored the …
PlaceOppermansgronde, Free State Province
… is centered on Agriculture. The municipal Area also has mining activities, with diamond minerals being the major … is centered on Agriculture. The municipal…
PlaceVereeniging, a City in Gauteng
Vereeniging is a City, in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It has a population of more than 350,000 people. It is located on the banks of the Northern loop of…
PlaceWelgelegen Manor House, Belfour
Welgelegen Manor is the embodiment of the incredible life and ambition of industrialist and innovator, Andries Mostert. Andries Mostert was born in Paarl in…
PlaceVaal River and Dam, Gauteng, Free State, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga
Vaal Dam covers over 300 km, which makes it the Country's largest Dam, by area. It was constructed in 1938.It is one of Gauteng's major sources of drinking…
PlaceEmalahleni Municipality, Mpumalanga
… road. The Town was founded in 1896 as a centre for coal-mining activities , which began in 1867. It takes its name …
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… major sectors of the South African industrial economy - mining and secondary industry had been in the hands of the …
Chapter eight - Conclusion
… across racial lines". The Revolt of 1922 presented mining capital with a crisis of accumulation which was …
PlaceCape West Coast Biosphere Reserve
… issues for the Biosphere Reserve concern mainly: Mining Activities in the Area; Intensive Agriculture; …
PlaceVryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
… plantations - crops such as groundnuts and maize, and mining, the Town also lies near the sources of four major …
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… Jooste approached Strathmore Investments – an English mining company that owned Weekblad, a Labour Party …
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… slightly higher than that provided in farming. However, mining companies were able to employ a sufficient amount of …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… a hearing on behalf of the miners who died in the Kinross mining disaster. The IDAF also supported Wendy Orr, a …
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
I could speak about all the things that you already know about Robert: That he was a brilliant man, that his was the biggest contribution to Cape slave history…
PlaceObservatory
Observatory was a residential suburb of Cape Town, and derived its name from the Royal Observatory, which was established there in 1821. It's an arty district…
PlaceKroonstad
It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named after Voorktrekker Sarel Cilliers' horse,…
PlaceSaldanha Bay
… economy because they handle the exports that keep its mining industry alive. More than 240,000 mining jobs are linked to exports that pass through these …
PlaceRichards Bay
… economy because they handle the exports that keep its mining industry alive. More than 240,000 mining jobs are linked to exports that pass through these …
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… between master and servant than survives between the mining company and the African miner." Concluding Remarks In …
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
… areas this year. These include energy, strengthening of mining towns, agriculture, small business development and …
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
… workers, most of whom were active in the manufacturing and mining sectors. However, in 2004, this was reversed with 60% …
PlaceCarletonville
There are no fewer than seven gold mines surrounding the town. As if to make up too all noise of this industry the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve lies just outside,…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
… opened in Johannesburg with an emphasis on Mining Education. Classes were also offered by the institute …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… Development Act, 2002 aimed at transforming the country's mining industry by giving the government control of mineral … to replace Zuma. 27 September, Brett…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… 2 The all-white 1922 Rand Revolt was the first major white mining strike after the entry of unskilled Afrikaners into the mines and, accordingly, the first…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… Martin's Press, 1989). Founded in 1889 by the major gold mining houses, the Chamber of Mines coordinated policy on … the Witwatersrand Native Labour…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… governmental/educational service and in the coal and gold mining industries. February, Moses Kotane and Maulvi Cachalia …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… any trade union confederation. The Act also excludes the mining industry from its terms. The ANC is represented at an …
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
At sites such as Thulamela, in the North of the Kruger National Park. Here traces of ancient traders are still being found which proves Man to have been here…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
Vlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid police that operated in the 1980s. Vlakplaas is also referred to as C, C1…