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Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… GUNS AND GALLOWS In outward appearance South Africa is a calm, … freedom. The discovery of diamonds around Kimberley and of gold on the Rand, in the second…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
… in the factory section had lost interest in the union and were comÂpletely demoralised. The few hundred members … from the depression and, when the country…
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…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… the dream of many Afrikaners since the nineteenth century, and was not something that was thought about only after … of diamonds at Kimberley and later the…
Postage 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. …
Petrol 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 …
Staffrider 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;…
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…
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…
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…
How many???
… How many people are unemployed at the moment? Every worker knows that the only real answer to this question is … Fosatu Worker News …
Long 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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
”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…
Moses 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…
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
… a result of an underground fire in a tunnel at the Kinross gold mine at Evander, south of Johannesburg is disrupted. … Union Corporation, owner of the mine,…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… that I grew up with or knew, as a young man in the 1960s and early 1970s, came to an alternative view about racism and Apartheid and took an active role in…
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, …