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Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
… [SACP, CODESA 1 and 2] Reverend H.J (Allan) Hendrickse [Labour Party of South Africa, CODESA 1 and 2] MR Peter Hendrickse [Labour Party, Daily Management…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… newspapers, writers and artists and the Liberal and Labour parties. British public opinion was overwhelmingly … were more forthcoming, and in December 1959…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model. This was the original model of colonialism … the forces of colonial intrusion,…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… earnest launch COSATU's campaign against outsourcing and labour brokering. The committee also advocated for steering … 7 March: COSATU stages various protest…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… and Indian people, ensuring the provision of a cheap labour source and enforcing the segregation of South … Act of 1952 was used as a mechanism to distribute…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his … as slaves. The men were imprisoned and assigned to hard…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… the creation of the Bantustans, the ravages of the migrant labour system and the pass laws have left an indelible mark … While acting as reservoirs of cheap…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… of Trade Unions (SACTU) . 1953 Introduction of the Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act. Becky Lan, General … banned. October, Dissolution of the South…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… led, hosted and supported many campaigns which vary from labour related issues to non-labour related issues. In 1994, the ‘Basic Condition of … the most…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… did not arrive immediately and the refreshment station’s labour requirements resulted in Van Riebeeck’s orders being … Europeans regarded the Khoikhoi to be…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… own crops. The able-bodied who could work, could exchange labour for food or buy mealie meal at a cheaper price. The … for Native Affairs permits the…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… make a quick buck on the Rand. Moreover, gold mining was labour intensive and, as a result, attracted more labour away from the countryside to Johannesburg…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model. This was the original model of colonialism … the forces of colonial intrusion,…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… the massive sizes of the plantations needed more and more labour. Work on the tobacco plantations required slaves. The … land and how to cultivate. The…
Liberation
… in the bantustans. We have suffered from migrant labour that has caused our family life to collapse. We have … segregation and exploitation through the…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 5: Colonial expansion in South Africa after 1750
… the Basotho, the Zulus and the Boers. We explore changing labour patterns and slavery. We look at expanding frontiers …
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… of apartheid were also draining the economy. * The skilled labour shortage: There was a serious shortage of skilled labour, which caused the economy to…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… so-called free-burghers); the second was to employ slave labour to solve the rising labour demands of the growing colony and the third was to … lead…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… industrialization and increasing demands for cheap migrant labour”¦” (Giliomee: 2007) June, A Non-European Convention is … click here . April, The National…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from India. 1860 16 November, The first batch of …
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… Industries initially depended on White and Coloured labour, but later, during the 1930s and 1940s, Africans were … political mobilisation was closely linked…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… Escombe was of the opinion that the planters should import labour at their own expense. However, the planters rejected … of 15 000 Indian labourers for Natal…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… 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…
Tools and weapons from iron and copper
… Division of labour: gender-based activity: men Work within the African …
Pedi
… status symbol, and used as bohadi or bridewealth payments. Labour division shifted significantly after the introduction … plough, and maize (mielies), and…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… power of those now contemptuously dubbed 'kitchenboys' by labour Minister Sampson, or the 'Jim Fishes' for whom the chairman of the Labour Party pleaded his…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… People shall not be robbed of their cattle, and forced labour and farm prisons shall be abolished. All Shall be … shall have the same rights as all others…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… Africa under Dutch settlement, there was a shortage of labour, especially on the wheat and wine farms. But the VOC … slaves. They thus imported slaves as the…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… were very low. Efforts by both management and the Bantu Labour officer for Durban to convince he workers to elect a … in parliament, which was reopening. The…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer, musician, and arranger that became known for his musical work while living in Southern California during South…