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Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… form of theIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (the ICU). There we see that the activities of the ICU were far-ranging and country-wide, starting in Cape…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… It was the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU). Originally, it's base of operation was the cities, … After it began to recruit farm workers in…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… for the immediate unity of the forces of the ANC and the ICU. Referring to the recent expulsion of three Communists from the ICU, Gumede proclaimed: It is…
Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The All-African Convention came into being as an answer…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Provincial Secretary and Durban Branch Chairman of the ICU. December. The Workers’ opens its doors and operates from … mass meetings of 5000 plus each day…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… Africans. The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) joined … (CPSA) and the Industrial and Commercial…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa,…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… At this time the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) was fast gaining strength and the mine owners distrusted … about the Party. Because of the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… (1990): 89-116. Bradford, Helen. A Taste of Freedom: The ICU in Rural South Africa,1924-1930. New Haven: Yale …
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… for black organisations to assist them. Although the ICU took the lead in responding to their grievances, the … to challenge the lodger's fee. Although the…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… (ISL) and the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU). It was in this street that Gomas's character and … rebellious, even defiant young man. He…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… labour. 4 The SATUC was generally not sympathetic to the ICU. In 1927 the ICU applied for affiliation on the basis of its claimed 100 … for any co-operation…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) in 1920. The ICU was formed with the full blessing and support of the ANC, …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… a struggle over land (see for example the policy of the ICU; the 1913 Land Act was also an important cause of the … up to 1940. Nevertheless, the rapid…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Xuma to join the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU); Pixley Seme offered him the position of assistant …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… movement. [19] Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU): The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union African … in early 1920s . Industrial and…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… later 1970s and 1980s. The Industrial Commercial Union (ICU), formed by Cements Kadalie in 1919, was the first real … claim a membership of 100,000 at its…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… and took an interest in the African trade union movement (ICU). He even helped African workers in his father's business …
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… Kadalie of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), tribal chiefs (members of the Transkei Bunga), …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… war in 1918 the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) was formed by dockworkers, spearheaded by a prominent …
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… of this background, the Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) representing Cape black dock-workers was formed. Its …
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… Planning Unit (EPU) and the Economic Coordination Unit (ICU). The PM has enormous powers of appointment of chairmen …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). 1924 Introduction of Industrial Conciliation Act. 1941 …
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The programme of the Fourth International Organisation…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Colour Bar…
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… to work with him and 'not to follow people such as the ICU and Communist Party who were out to get their money'. … in spite of his promises. He tells you not…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… 5, June, 21-36. Kadalie, Clements ( 1970), My Life and the ICU: The Autobiography of a black trade unionist in South …
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… nationalism as expressed in the phenomenal growth of the ICU during the 1920s. The formulation of "Native policy" in … of KZN is at best shaky. [iv] Natal…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Sons and daughters of Africa: On behalf of the Executive Committee of the African National Congress, I have great pleasure in…