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Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… in South Africa is a topic much neglected by historians and social scientists alike. In Johannesburg and Cape Town … 1901 and played prominent roles in the…
Document 5 - “Trade Union Notes”, The Bolshevik, March 1920 (Extract)
… wage-workers: If the white mine workers had come in line and supported the natives, the proletarian character of the … his fight as between black wage…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… the Transvaal countryside. African labour tenants and farm workers, chafing under poor wages and working conditions, evictions from white farms, stock ……
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… under the state of emergency, torture, detention and rule by the gun, our people remain determined to be free. … for women`s rights, for the release of…
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… under the state of emergency, torture, detention and rule by the gun, our people remain determined to be free. … for women's rights, for the release of…
PlaceEritrea
… Red Sea. The Red Sea was the route by which Christianity and Islam reached the area, and it was an important trade route that such powers as … on the…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… Ghana in the East, Burkina Faso, Mali in the North, and Guinea and Liberia in the East. To the South lies, the Atlantic … traders who visited south Saharan…
PlaceUganda
… landscape encompasses the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains and immense Lake Victoria . Its abundant wildlife includes … Park in the northwest, is known for its…
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
… the Natal South Coast. She attended Doon Heights Primary and then later Amanzimtoti High. She excelled in both academics and in athletics. At the age of 13…
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
… building surmounted by a Clock Tower was built in 1912-13 and was officially opened on 7 June 1913 by the Minister of … Muizenberg Station with its arched…
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
… attacking them. Police have access to buckshot, tear gas and Tasers and the ability to cordon off the strikers with layers of … furious and embattled…
Speech by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the closing session of the Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement Durban, September 3, 1998.
… closing session of the Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement …
Speech by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the closing session of the Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement Durban, September 3, 1998.
… closing session of the Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement …
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… Mahumapelo, ANC national chairperson Comrade Baleka Mbethe and all ANC Officials, NEC members and provincial leadership, … James Sebe Moroka was awarded with…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… Image source The peoples of West Africa had a rich and varied history and culture long before European slaver … goods; they made fine luxury items in bronze,…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… as a whole is a continent with 120 million inhabitants and I cannot say much about most of it, but I want to speak … enterprises of great importance. In our…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… Willie Madisha, General Secretary, Comrade Zwelinzima Vavi and all members of the Central Executive Committee, The Secretary-General of the ANC, Cde Kgalema…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… displaced from their homes, separated from their families and locked into a chain of guarded, high-walled labour camps. … are the price already paid by black…
EventHouse of Representatives impeaches American President Bill Clinton
… later in that year, which was publicly revealed in 1998 and was referred to as the Lewinsky scandal. Clinton and Lewinsky's relationship lasted for a year…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… about 5 km East of City Hall, South of Observatory Ridge and North of Kensington Ridge. Takes its name from the Farm … by Frederick Jacobus Bezuidenhout…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount chief of the Thembu and ……
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… diploma at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1940 and became a teacher at the Karoo Secondary School in Beaufort West where he met, and later married, his…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… place in July.2 You have been appointed as co-delegate and Bunting as delegate from the Party here. Further details … The "task", has caused considerable…
PlaceBertrams, Johannesburg
… Bezuidenhout Valley, Troyeville, Judith’s Paarl and Lorentzville). Abandoned office Buildings will be … be turned into a high street providing Retail,…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… Cradock, Cape Colony, in 1864. His father, a wagon maker and wool merchant, later moved with his family to Queenstown. … When Bailey was only 7 years old,…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… of a trade union federation based on the African workers and upholding clear principles of non-racial workers' unity, … reared in the worst traditions of…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… as an apprentice on board a pirate ship. In 1689, he and the other members of a pirate crew mutinied and headed for the English colony of Nevis. There they ……
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham Mangali Xuma and Elizabeth Cupase Xuma, devout members of the Wesleyan … Bojane Mission, was a respected tribal…
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… affected South Africa as well. Soon after the war, in 1918 and 1919, Black workers across economic sectors went on strike. In 1921 White workers, mainly in…
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… is located on the South-Western corner of Church Square and forms an important part of the Historical Architectural … by a simple elongated thatch cottage…