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Document 64 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… leader of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is born in Malawi. 1898 The South African Native …
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 45 - Ray Alexander, "Trade Unionism in South…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… leader of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is born in Malawi. Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana long … Kadalie forms the Industrial and Commercial…
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… Abbotsdale to Kimberley Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926 Chapter Three - The Black Republic Question …
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… Transvaal ANC, the Ballinger and Kadalie sections of the ICU and the SA Federation of Non-European Trade Unions … closer to the adoption of his fighting…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… Industrial & Commercial Workers Union of South Africa(ICU) Inqubela Phambili Trade Union (ITU) Labour Equity …
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… activists of the 1920s - including members of the ICU, the Communist Party and the African National Congress …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… founder of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), addresses. …
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union…
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… nCPAP units), with an additional 2-3 beds for paediatric ICU care as part of a separate General ICU. The Paediatric wards consist of a 14 bed Short stay/High…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… A protest march, organised jointly by the CPSA, ANC and ICU, is held in Cape Town and across the Rand in protest …
PlaceSomalia
… amongst Somalis. The growth of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) presented a major challenge to the TFG. Beginning as a loose grouping of Sharia Courts, the ICU…
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929 A…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… 57-46. The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) had its heyday in the 1910s, when it attracted upwards of 100,000 members. ANC competition with the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… 1919 The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) is established in Cape Town. Amongst some of the issues … for tenant farming becomes a major rallying…
Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must be Done Now?” Umsebenzi, 25 April 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 91 - John Gomas, "The Native Representation…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… mines led to a series of strikes. In the rural areas the ICU organised sharecroppers and tenant farmers all over the … the boycotts of Bantu education. After…
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
… to form the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, or ICU. Not a syndicalist union - the ICU is influenced more by nationalist and traditionalist … by a…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… their part in the campaign against imperialist war. An ICU official in the audience recalled the king's personal … and cheaper labour. Social democracy had…
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
… witnessed that other organisations, in particular the ICU and CPSA had became important players in the battle to … in its colony. In Cape Town Gumede learnt…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… was the nation-wide general union of black workers — the ICU. Its history, its successes and its failures have been … these unions are described in Black…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… members of the African National Congress and of both ICU' s are assisting the League Modiagotla of the Ballinger …
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South…
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 85 - E. R. Roux, "The Native Exploiters: A…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 4 - B.M. Kies "The Background of Segregation",…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
… African social formation and the phenomenal growth of the ICU during its "golden age" shifted the interest of Gomas and Party to black workers. Within the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… the passes. The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) - a general union formed. A protest is held in the OFS … of the Industrial and Commercial…
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… etc; these are the simpler cries that tell. Even so, the ICU has been inclined to repudiate the Black Republic, and …