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ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… apartheid by law could not perform any skilled labor (The Labour Department of South Africa). Sue Gordon, a history … important piece of apartheid…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… for the Natal Colony to introduce Indians as indentured labour, with labourers having the option to return to India … effect to Law No. 12 of 1872. 1874 At a…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… On 8 April 1953 Kenyatta was sentenced to seven-years hard labour for "managing the Mau Mau terrorist organization". He …
76. The Indian people are an integral and permanent part of South Africa
… and, though not vociferous, the importers of Indian labour were more determined and consequently importation far … to be a party to the 'sucked orange'…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - … co-operative society in the history of South African Labour is the best example of this…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… settlement, regulating their access and also using their labour. Early settlement patterns of exclusion. One of the … contracts. Settlers saw the Khoikhoi as…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… carry Passes since 1709. Farmers at the Cape ran short of labour during the first British occupation of the southern … (VOC) supplied fresh food to passing…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… views of various stakeholders. 22 March, The Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 2 (LTA) is passed. The Act aims to provide “for security of tenure of labour…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… were in various forms of sharecropping accords and labour tenancy contracts they were not eager to forego. For … The reason was that agricultural enterprise…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… Displacement The Mfengu and the Eastern Cape Refugees and Labour Consequences of the Mfecane Political Transformation … that the roots of the conflicts lay…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… Black people needed employment and white people needed labour in order to increase productivity and boost the … cities in search of jobs. It also caused an…
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,…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… life prior to his enlistment in the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) was extraordinary considering all … was found guilty and sentenced for…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION Labour is a neglected aspect in published…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology was established on 1 January 2005, when the Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon merged. This merger was part of…