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The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… ideas of "liberty and equality,” liberty of speech, "free” labour, etc., with which the middle-classes in England had … by Dutch farmers and giving instances…
Say It out Loud - The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912
… mine-owner it is primarily a question of securing cheap labour. To obtain big dividends, cost of production must be reduced, and that can be best affected by…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… image also carried political connotations and, during the labour struggles of the early twentieth century, it was … creating a demand for a means of…
May Day
… role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the struggle against Apartheid. May Day , as we know it refers to various…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the struggle against apartheid. May Day, … we know it, refers to various…
Trade Unions in South Africa by Ari Sitas and Bianca Tame
… well into the post-Apartheid period. Key words: migratory labour system; labour process; cultural formations; tripartite alliance …
PlaceWorkers’ Museum, Johannesburg
… tragic practice. The Museum is Housed in an Old Migrant Labour Hostel Compound and documents the History of South … Building reveal the Workers’ hardships…
Class Struggle
… owned the factories, and the working class who sell their labour to the factory owners. The working class is exploited … the only way they can generate money…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… Dawood Seedat was sentenced to three months with hard labour. When he was released pamphlets were circulated widely … South Africa.’ Dimes was also a member…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… Government of India to prohibit recruitment of indentured labour and protesting against South African policy as unwise, … of India and Gokhale for ending…
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… Socialist and labour activist Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs left South Africa … the same month. He was sentenced to six months' forced labour, suspended for two…
Mines, Masters and Migrants - Life in a Namibian Compound by R. J. Gordon, (Ravan Press), Johannesburg 1977, reviewed by Philip Schemer
… book presents a sociological study of the black migrant labour force on the mine: in the words of the author, his … used to hit back at white workers…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… needed start a gold mine along with a supply of cheap labour. Without these, gold mining in South Africa would not … not have been mined at all. The…
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
… in South Africa, the Industrial Workers of Africa, and the labour movement at the time. "Fight for Africa, which you … lands under imperial authority, their…
PlaceGannahoek Farm
… of the farm until 1990. Evictions View Larger Map The labour tenants who lived on Gannahoek farm had to work on … wanted to establish a game farm. The PFE…
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
… to immediately release the Chairman of the Coloured Labour Party, the Rev. Allan Hendrickse. In the late 1970s the Coloured Labour Party strengthened its…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… and the Defence Force, arrested trade union leaders and Labour Party members, and deported nine trade union leaders … Rand strike there were other…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… some challenged their condition of life through organised labour resistance others expressed their grievances in less … 1913 Land Act accelerated the change…
EventPiet Retief's Great Trek manifesto is completed
… grow. Another reason for the Great Trek was a lack of labour. In 1828 the government passed Ordinance 50, which …
ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
… of Bantu Education; Bantu justice; the running of labour bureaux; the development of industries, the mobilisation of forced labour on the roads etc. and the…
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… a wage crisis, the strike was centered around the migrant labour system under apartheid. In addition to restricting the … as they were not representing a…
Address by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), 1 December 2010
… against the bosses, press the government to pass needed labour legislation...` Our present conditions demand that … Charter, which declared the following in…
Performance, Violence and the Collapse of a Cultural Movement by Ari Sitas
… movement that had its dynamism emerging out of the labour movement dissipated and collapsed. It starts from the … of some of the central creators it weaves…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry …
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry …
Tsonga
… altered by conversion to Christianity, schooling, and labour migration. The smooth functioning of the traditional …
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… the township was created to keep a ready supply of cheap labour under control by the apartheid government. Many groups …
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 1971 Workers’ Education Project 1971 Started South African Labour Bulletin 1971-72 Involvement with SPRO-CAS (Stidy …
ArticleWages Commission
… be used to contain the contentious, racialised problem of labour exploitation in South Africa within the judicious …
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012, the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry …