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… General Motors strike update …

… 1982 - A record strike year …

… Effective strike rights demanded …

… British miners end strike …

… TransvaaL-wide strike threatened …

… The strike in Durban …

… The great Sarmcol strike! …

… Bobonong Primary School between 1936 and 1941.He then came to South Africa where he did his secondary schooling at St … was at the gate saw him and signalled that he should go back, as the police were inside. The guard whispered that the … Dingake saw himself first and foremost as an African duty-bound to fight for the liberation of Africans on their …

… of a South African mining magnate, was the first person to fly solo from London to Cape Town and back. She was already the mother of five children when she … Lady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town …

… R26 000 back pay victory …

… Stubborn firm takes back fired workers …

… R1 800 paid in back-pay …

… Set back for food union council …

… Living wage - hospital workers fight back! …

… Natal communities demand back title deeds …

… ECC: the art of bouncing back …

… Thousands of teachers in Venda boycott classes to back demands for better pay. …

… They`re back! B & S workers return to work after an out-of-court …

… 2000 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, for not returning to work after going out on an unprocedural wildcat strike. What makes this strike noteworthy is that it was … plant in Uitenhage. Vavi will urge all NUMSA members to go back to work and distance themselves from agent provocateurs …

… were divided. Some members felt that a call from the union to take militant action might meet with resistance from the … before were ready to do everything possible to fight back. Grief was turned into indignation, and indignation into … evening to plain the position and to call for immediate strike and other action. As soon as the meeting was over, I …

… An airlift starts to ship Rwandan refugees, trapped in Zaire and hunted by rebels, back to Rwanda. …

… An airlift starts to ship Rwandan refugees, trapped in Zaire and hunted by rebels, back to Rwanda. …

… Journal article with a reaction by Desmond Tutu to a statement made in Parliament by Dr Koornoof about an alleged conspiracy by certain organisations to encourage squatters to engage in civil disobedience. Note that the document is … Bishop Tutu hits back at Dr Koornhof …

… Diamond Mines a subsidiary of Anglo-American. He went to work after primary school and joined the Liberal Party in … became a teacher. His memoirs under the title There and Back: Robben Island 1964-1979, were published by Mayibuye … In no way did any such arguments shake his resolve. He was bound by his word. His integrity was beyond compromise or …

… Students at Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the appointment of … from the school or imprisoned after the strike. Close to 150 students were arrested and charged with public … days. The strike was the first of a series of school riots to come to the attention of government authorities and …

… 2,800 South African miners embark on a strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances. Located at Vanrhynsdorp, … Miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines …

… President Nelson Mandela said that next week's general strike will go ahead. He says the aim of the mass protest was … from power; the immediate transfer of political power to the people; installation of an interim government and free and fair elections to a constituent assembly. Source: South African History …

… reading. At the age of 14, Garvey went left for Kingston to work in a printing house, where some years later he was … of the Kingston Union. Following his involvement in a strike, he left Jamaica, travelled to Central America and started a newspaper called La …

… Angry White workers, on strike since 28 December 1921, stormed and occupied police … turned into open rebellion against the state. They decided to use force to overthrow the government and to declare a republic. Prime … A strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion …