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ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… African workers. Urban African workers who demanded higher wages and better working conditions were able to form trade … wounded. The situation prompted the…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… the liberal National Union of South African Students (NUSAS)\ was one of the few remaining vehicles for multiracial … of Turfloop, Ngoye and Fort Hare to…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… of the National Union of South Africa Students ”” NUSAS. This was such an unexpected and tremendous honour that … the policy of the government of a state"…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… by Durban’s indentured Indian labour that kept the city’s wages the lowest in South Africa. In 1926 a Wage Board … conditions in the homes of the employees,…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… the police. After democracy, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) provided families the prospect of learning … . Accessed on 13 January 2020. …
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
… Rabilal, who gave evidence at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) - Case No ZJ/375: He fully identified with …
ArchiveLetter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
… from Barney Pityana (President, SASO) to Neville Curtis (NUSAS) regarding NUSAS and SASO relations. …
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded in 1924 at Grey College, Bloemfontein. It … broke away after a debate about the affiliation…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… even copies of the industrial agreements, which regulated wages and other conditions of the members, could be found in … organised strikes, and succeeded in…
ArchiveCircular from John Daniels, SRC Vice-President
… Circular from John Daniels, Vice-President of NUSAS, to SRC Presidents, NUSAS Executive, Local Committee Chairmen, Honorary Officers, … Organisations,…
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… attacks on the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). NUSAS was a federation of students with a predominantly white … Organisation (SASO). In…
BiographyEugène Ney Terre’Blanche
… supporters sought amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for the storming of the World Trade Centre, …
BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
… and was granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for his part in the murder of Sash Khanyile. …
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… horrifying truths. It discussed ‘employment statistics, wages and discrimination between Black and White, men and … terms ‘unnecessary’. Not to mention that…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… at the Cape on 6 April 1652 . Van Riebeeck had received a commission from the Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC) to … diamond mines, with the consequence…
ArchivePaper on SASO
… President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) to the members of the National Council of the NUSAS, discussing the relationship between…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… 2009 to 2015, she served as the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Commissioner and Deputy Chairperson. She …
BiographyDorothy Adams
… of the Western Cape (UWC) for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 1999 Adams and her husband moved back to the …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… action of that period. The prime minister appointed a commission of enquiry, which resulted in a small increase of wages for unskilled workers in the towns …
EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
… Desmond Tutu, Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), promised that even if they were acquitted, …
Letter from Steve [Biko] to Neville [Curtis], Nov 28,1969.
… Letter written to Neville Curtis student leader of NUSAS regarding the forthcoming restructuring of NUSAS. …
Letter from Steve Biko to Neville [Curtis]
… The letter queries the Preident of NUSAS on possible changes in the structure of NUSAS organisation. …
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… Van der Merwe wrote to the Economic Institute proposing a commission of inquiry into Afrikaner economic cooperation, … journal repeatedly made calls for the…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… NUSAS students set up the General Factory Workers Benefit …
ArchiveLetter from John Daniel to University Principals and others
… Covering letter from NUSAS President with Open letter to the Minister of Justice, Mr PC Pelser regarding the attacks on NUSAS. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… Representation during World War II, Land, Education, Wages and Recognition and Registration of African Trade … (Bunting, 1998) October, The government…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, is appointed to … obstacles in the way of obtaining licences. The Minimum Wages…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… during the 1940’s. As a result, workers wanted higher wages and better working conditions. By 1946, there were 119 … election campaign on a report by the…
ArchiveFacts
… Joint SA Universities Right-Wing students appended to the NUSAS President's report presented at 42nd Annual Congress of NUSAS. …
ArchiveWhere to now White students
… the April 1972 National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) seminar which discusses the background to NUSAS and analyses the dilemma facing students as…