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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…
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…
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…
Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… not only does he regard the white workers, the white labour aristocrats and the mining magnates is a homogeneous … as wage earners. The depend-ice of the…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION Labour is a neglected aspect in published…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… in the OFS and Transvaal. They had to compete with the Labour Party for the support of White workers in the cities. … and Zulu History 6.1 (1983).|Mantzaris,…
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…
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 …
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…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos THE CHANGE TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the different ways in which people lost the use of the land and…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Glossary
Extra note: In order to standardise the “Terms you need to Know” articles in the Classroom Section, all definitions are accessed from https://www.dictionary…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Native Unrest
… and elsewhere in all the provinces. These are an index of the degree of exasperation to which the aborigines … deny security of tenure to Natives who supply…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… 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…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
… we had was in the sugar plantations where they recruited labour for six months. Sometimes the employers would not pay … months. We forced this employer to…
Document 35 - Constitutional principles Schedule 4 of the Interim Constitution
… a summit of employers and the government. It is opposed to labour's participation in such a summit. I hope it is not a … and other policies to promote job…
Zulu Community
… out of a rural non”capitalist economy and into wage labour. Resistance to this tax resulted in the Bambatha … were expected to live in hostels for the…
The trade union movement and the burden of the future by Monique Marks
… cohorts, the future is extremely bleak with a shrinking labour market, failed state and private institutions, and a … To speak of an 'underclass' or a …