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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
… to read the Kora-English dictionary with its English-Kora index. KhoeSan activists would also find an interest in 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…
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…
Tools and weapons from iron and copper
… Division of labour: gender-based activity: men Work within the African …
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…
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…
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…