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BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… of the local ANC and secretary of the Mine Workers Union at the time. In 1957 Curtis married Rose Magors, a … He was elected Honorary Vice President of the…
BiographyBernard Mafiyeka
… A National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa shop steward. Mafiyeka …
BiographyZubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet
… racism and apartheid. She was a founding member of the Union of Black Journalists (UBJ), serving as its assistant … and surveillance. Mayet held crucial…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and President of its … and eventually evolved into the…
BiographyVera Ponnen
… in Durban became a hub of anti-apartheid and trade union activity from 1940 to 1966. Her home was an accessible … laws. She was secretary of the Brewery and…
BiographyFrances Baard
… the membership of the African Food and Canning Worker's Union. She was the recruit and after became employed as the union's local secretary, thats where she…
BiographyBetty Radford
… for publishing extracts from the Africa Mineworkers’ Union’s evidence to the Lansdown Commission. She was elected …
ArchiveReview: Industrialisation and trade union organisation in South Africa, 1924-55; the rise and fall of the South African Trades and Labour Council: Jon Lewis
… Review: Industrialisation and trade union organisation in South Africa, 1924-55; the rise and …
Notes following Joint Media Briefing on conclusion of Discussions between Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Hosni Mubarak, Media Centre, Union Buildings, Pretoria, Tuesday 29 July 2008
… Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Hosni Mubarak, Media Centre, Union Buildings, Pretoria, Tuesday 29 July 2008 …
WWI: The force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa. The dates 12 May and 13 May are give
… WWI: The force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West …
BiographyJan Hofmeyr
… interests and a federal approach to the newly formed union. …
BiographyChristina Jasson
… as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food and canning workers, and …
Writing the 1973 Durban Strikes: From ‘black worker unrest’ to the ‘birth of independent trade unions’ by Debby Bonnin
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Debby Bonnin (Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria) …
BiographyPious Goodman Mei
… and organising secretary of the African Textile Workers' Union, Goodman was elected to the Natal executive committees … organising secretary of the African…
BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… (Jenny) Curtis [Schoon] were very active in National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and as a result both … Allen Curtis had a real estate business…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… the Federation of African Teachers' Associations, the Union Advisory Board on Native education, the executive … and took up a position as visiting professor…
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
… and served a time as shop-steward for the Leather Workers Union. He later worked as an organiser for the National Union of Distributive Workers. When the…
BiographyLouis Luyt
… In 1989 he took over the Presidency of the Transvaal Rugby Union and shortly afterward was elected President of the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU…
BiographyDr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
… was transferred to work for Radio Moscow in the Soviet Union, she was instructed to join him. Further instructions … and gynaecology. During her stay in the…
BiographyLennox Sebe
… unionists were detained. The South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU) was banned in August 1983 under the Section 91 … Ciskei National Security Act. The…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… of Engineers(ASE) full-time organizer and this trade union had some branches in South Africa,he also helped to … of the Cape Town branch of the friends of…
BiographyPieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
… the Labour Party. Later, he joined the Textile Workers' union as a full-time official.In 1953 he was elected to be … secretary of the South Africa Textile…
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
… organised monthly meetings amongst intellectuals and trade union leaders in Cape Town many if not all were anti-fascist … She became a member of the Friends…
BiographyLawrence Ndzanga
… Ndzanga,aged 53, a former secretary of the Railway Workers Union and a national executive committee member of the South …
BiographyJoshua Makue
… tailor. He joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union after being refused enrolment as an engineering student … and member of the Industrial and…
BiographyConnie September
… September began her political activism in the trade union and labour movement. She worked as factory worker in …
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… Congress (ANC) in Soweto. Noted for his ability as a union organiser, he became secretary of the non-racial, though mainly African, Iron and Steel Workers…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… FEDSAW, of 20 000 women of different races and ages to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in opposition to the …
BiographyConan Doyle Modiakgotla
… was secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) for Griqualand West. In 1929 he was elected … Secretary of the Industrial and…
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
… was a miner and an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union. He was active in the 1946 mineworkers' strike. He … Organiser for the African Mineworkers'…