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Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… abroad believe that all Europeans in South Africa live, and have always lived, in comfort and affluence. In South … the Rand in 1907, many Afrikaners found…
ArchiveIn the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa
… in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became … in passing sentence in the matter of…
ArchiveMeeting between the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa and Mr Silvino da Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde: Pretoria, 16 August 1984
… Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde and the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss … of Foreign Affairs of the Republic…
ArchiveBooks on Workers Struggles In Other Countries
… Books are on Botswana, Bolivia, Brazil, International Worker Organisations. Buy these books from your trade union …
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Hester Cornelius (Translated from the Afrikaans) I was born and brought up in the Lichtenburg District, Transvaal. Both my father and my grandfather fought…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 27 July 1987, Addis Ababa
… Chairman, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Esteemed delegates, Comrades, ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the national…
ArchiveUnion co-operative case: The law is on the bo
… been raised about the role of the courts in relation to worker issues by a judgement affecting workers at the Union …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… had led Dr. Philip, the Rev. Shaw, the Rev. Robert Moffat and latterly David Livingstone and all the rest of the … by the Waterboers and the Koks of…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.3 Nov 1981
… Contents and Contributors Stories: Hot Beans by Mongane Serote; … by Jayapraga Reddy. Features: The Story of a Black Blind Worker by Elda Oliphant;…
ArchivePostage stamps: Rugby World Cup winners
… of South Africa winning the Rugby World Cup. Half a gold cup on left hand side. White outline of cup in centre. …
ArchivePetrol bombs hit unionists homes
… Monday July 30. VW branch chairman John Gomomo told FOSATU Worker News that he had woken up at about two because his …
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… that Katanga's abundance iof natural minerals of copper, gold, and uranium would be exploited by the newly-formed Congolese … In June 1967, a plane he was…
ArchiveHow many???
… How many people are unemployed at the moment? Every worker knows that the only real answer to this question is … Fosatu Worker News …
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… the first bank to open a branch on the Witwatersrand gold fields. The second branch in Johannesburg was opened in … it moved its head office from Pretoria to…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… The Old Year has again fallen into the abyss of time, and a new one has dawned upon the world. I feel sure you will … that it was born in the North. After…
ArchiveLong bitter struggle at Frame has ended
… has come to an end. Nearly 2 000 National Union of Textile Worker members at the giant Frametex mill, the heart of the … Fosatu Worker News …
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… recipient of the Order for Meritorious Service Class 1: Gold from the state president in 1992, for his contribution as businessman, philanthropist and…
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… English social worker and reformer Emily Hobhouse, renowned for her exposure … of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and children during the…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… Steps towards forming the UDF began in the late 1970s, and moved forward when Allan Boesak called for a 'united … civic associations, trade unions, student…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… selected by the ANC to present a message of condolence and an obituary on the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee . It is … activist is called upon to talk about…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… One pound a day for the factory worker who today cannot buy what he makes. One pound a day for the miner who earns his phthisis and goes home broken and to…
EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… argue, discovered by them. The land was already occupied and was being used by the inhabitants. The reason why groups … bound for Mozambique and Sofala…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… founding in 1987 until 2009, was both a man of his times and a giant representing working class principles of co-operation, democracy, probity and the best…
EventResumption of talks
… conditions. The two met on three occasions between 14 and 24 September 1992, discussing three specific ANC preconditions: the surveillance of migrant worker…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932 to a Swati mother and a Xhosa father. Her mother was a sangoma and a domestic worker while her father worked as a…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and traditional healer, and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, a seasonal dressmaker. He is the … to become…
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… power saboteurs in an attempt to destabilise the Rand gold mines. During the Second World War supporters of the … the Allied forces led by Britain, France,…
EventMaria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
… Maria Groesbeek and Christian Buys were married in the 1950's. During their … seventeen years of marriage they lived with Buys' mother and six brothers for…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of Representatives of the parties and movements participating in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the “Great October Socialist Revolution”, Moscow, 4-5 November 1987
… Tambo at the meeting of Representatives of the parties and movements participating in the celebration of the 70th …
Speech by OR Tambo on the occasion of installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 19 October 1991
… as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, …