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From Segregation to Apartheid
… in South Africa, would threaten the migrant labour system upon which White profitability depended. This … Thus, apartheid was very much about maintaining…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… resolved that eight hours should constitute a legal day's labour as of 01 May 1886. The Federation also recommended to … Trades Council. The next occasion…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… the Khoikhoi or San and frequently male for domestic labour, according to records dating back to 1777 [ii] . … century caused white women immigrants to…
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… the Sotho and take over the territory to turn it into a labour reserve. The Boers moved into northern Basutoland in …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… with different people on a political level”. At this time labour unions for African people were banned. They got around …
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of … and Africans were only allowed into towns…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… 1657 with various incentives, they were not provided with labour. The Transatlantic slave trade, an artist's depiction … Unknown. The Dutch initially did…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… had been proletarianised and were reduced to the status of labour. This labour was kept subservient through legislation and force, or … as a means of…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… and a Dog Tax, and were subjected to a system of forced labour called isibalo , which caused widespread hardship and … the South African War there was a…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, the Labour Party under Colonel Cresswell was the…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… degree. They were proletarianised and used to satisfy the labour demands of the mining and agricultural industries. … few years, the state set precedents in…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour movement. It developed as a response to pressure from … formally adopt the 1955 Freedom…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… Seminary, he wrote an article on the theology of migrant labour for a magazine called the South African Outlook. At … Tutu spoke out persuasively against…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… and sentenced to two months' imprisonment, this time hard labour. The struggle continued. In February 1909 he was … arrested a third time and sentenced to…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Source-Based Questions and Answers
… Available at: https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/omalley/index.php/site/q/03lv01538/04lv01646/05lv01784.htm [5] Ibid. … Available at: https://omalley…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… capital. In addition a racially hierarchical division of labour had developed in the mining sector, whereby the … performed by Whites, while unskilled and…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Britain, Diamond mining and increasing labour control and land expansion Before South Africa's vast … and they, in turn, placed growing demands for land and…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… movement of African migrants in search of work in colonial labour markets was greatly accelerated . As the demand for African land and labour spiralled,…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… Forces training. Source: http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/index/menu.htm …
PlaceThe Space
… and Performance, 25 January 2017, http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=South_African_Theatre/Bibliography . ↵ [x] … and Performance. 25 January 2017, https:…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… workers, mostly women, are seasonal and are employed via labour brokers. According to Human Rights Watch report, as … jobs on farms at risk. According to…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… that enjoyed the benefits of the new prosperity. Child labour during the Industrial Revolution Image source … industries required an enormous amount of…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… the new Tricameral Parliament . Nonetheless, his social, labour, and economic reforms were a significant development, …
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… in factories and mines as migrant labourers. The migrant labour system that the Bapedi used to build their empire was …
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… in 1912. She was a shorthand typist in the Trades and Labour Council and worked for the secretary Creswell. Later …
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… to Arusha, Tanzania , for a seminar of the International Labour Organisation- along with Eleanor Kasrils . Here, …
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… were sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour, suspended for two years. Sisulu was re-elected as ANC …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the launch of the UNDP 2006 Human Development Report, Kirstenbosch, National Botanical Gardens: Cape Town, 09 November 2006
… the Human Development Report, namely the Human Development Index, the Gender-related Development Index, the Gender Empowerment Measure, and the Human Poverty…
ArticleParties involved in the history of elections in South Africa
… The South African Labour Party (SALP) The South African Party (SAP) The South … and Simple (KISS) Workers' List Party (WLP) Luso-SA Party Labour Part (LP)…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… to black workers and demanded higher wages for their labour on farms. [5] The richer white farmers were not … caused the Department of Irrigation and the…