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EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… when some military units went on strike to demand better wages. This strike eventually turned into a coup when it …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… the criteria for civilised, ie educated and earning wages, Rhodes changed the law of the Cape to allow the vote … The main reasons that Africans wanted to…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… strikes and unions were dealt with more harshly, and wages were kept low. Wages did not increase along with productivity (add stat … the harsh attitude…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… the multiracial National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) as a vehicle through which to express their political … it seemed a good move: in the early…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… struggle in South Africa. 18 December, The Indian Inquiry Commission, also known as the Solomon Commission, commences its sittings in Pretoria. 1914 14 ……
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… the inaugural meeting. 15 May, The Indian Penetration Commission , under the chairmanship of Justice F.N. Broome, … demanded arbitration and succeeded in…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… a march to Trafalgar Square, where the South African High Commission was based, on 28 February 1960. As many as 15,000 … proposed that British firms be…
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… and his Security Police 'hit squad' was investigated by a Commission of Inquiry ordered by President F.W. de Klerk. The Commission led by Judge Louis Harms…
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, … violations of human rights during the apartheid…
EventClements Kadalie dies
Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Mbeki is elected a member of Politico-Military Strategy Commission (PMSC), to consider new strategies options of the ANC. The commission is under the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… the Prime Minister, General Smuts, appointed the Lange Commission of Enquiry to investigate the complaints made … India appointed what came to be known as…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… to present the case for an all-round increase in the wages of African workers. The cost of living was rising, but the wages of Africans, which had always…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… the attention of the government of India. In response, a commission of enquiry was appointed in Natal in 1872, to look … Women assigned to the NCR were not…
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… The Margo Commission, set up by the South African government to probe … of the involvement of the apartheid government. The commission had subpoenaed…
ArchiveSouthern African Catholic Bishop Conference: special commision on economic pressure
… This report discusses the constitution of the commission,meetings, proposals, and economic pressures faced by the commission. …
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… on strike. The reasons for the strike were a reduction of wages and the preference for cheaper Black Labour. This led …
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
… and domestic services where conditions were wretched and wages worse than depressed. International Women's Day is not …
ArchiveDie Onafhanklike Verkiesingskommissie
… Election poster for Independent Electoral Commission. White poster with black border and lettering. … Black and white photographs of members of the Electoral…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… victims of the attack before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the commission found that the police were informed of the IFP's … police failed…
EventHarms releases his report
… The one-man Harms commission released its report on its investigations in the … Supreme Court judge, Justice Louis Harms, headed the commission. Ironically…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… he would never testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). He also stated that he would never … issued after a private meeting with the…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… servants remained free citizens, but they were seldom paid wages. They were usually paid in food, clothing, housing, … the VOC did not want to spend its…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… as a sergeant in 5RR, made a victim statement to the Commission in which he claimed he was abducted from … the SADF. A special investigation unit of the…
Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
… of institutions such as the Independent Electoral Commission, Public Protectors Office, Labour Court, Equality …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… Act. 27 August, The government appoints the Native Land Commission, headed by Sir William H. Beaumont, to solve the ‘native problem’. The aim of the…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… 30 senior police officers are seeking amnesty from the Commission for a bombing campaign carried out during the 1980s. In two earlier submissions to the…
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… parliament, resulting in the appointment of a Ladies' Commission (Fawset Commission) to investigate into conditions in the camps. Lord … and camps, wrote in…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… power to order an employer, convicted for underpayment of wages or other remuneration, to pay the amount to an officer … completely ignored. Inez had not…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
… and the employers offered a five per cent increase in wages on the scale laid down in the arbitration award. The … strong again, we would be in a position to…