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EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… South Africa's largest labour federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions …
ArchiveAppendix 3 The Freedom Charter
… People shall not be robbed of their cattle, and forced labour and farm prisons shall be abolished. All Shall be … shall have the same rights as all others…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… power of those now contemptuously dubbed 'kitchenboys' by labour Minister Sampson, or the 'Jim Fishes' for whom the chairman of the Labour Party pleaded his…
Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg on 25 and 26 June 1955
… People shall not be robbed of their cattle, and forced labour and farm prisons shall be abolished. ALL SHALL BE … shall have the same rights as all others…
Note on meeting with Mr. Sam Nujoma -1983
… People shall not be robbed of their cattle, and forced labour and farm prisons shall be abolished. All shall be … shall have the same rights as all others…
Appendix - The Freedom Charter
… People shall not be robbed of their cattle, and forced labour and farm prisons shall be abolished. All Shall be … shall have the same rights as all others…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… The decimation of the Khoi-Khoi results in an acute labour shortage. Tracts of land become ownerless. Colonial … Proclamation to regulate the use of Khoisan…
From retirement to parliament
… FIFTH POINT - ECONOMIC COLLABORATION AND IMPROVED LABOUR STANDARDS "They desire to bring about the fullest … field with the object of securing for all…
1. The whole Coolies petition the Durban Corporation for better wages
… which does not permit us to be comfortable, of which we labour very hard [;] and considering at the same time, when … for which extreme need [unclear], and…
Fosatu Worker News
… of uniting workers in the struggle for fair and equitable labour practice in South Africa. Articles included the growth …
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… our country, ranking eighth in the world on the optimism index. Gallup International, which issued this report, said … not just the government, but also the…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… (often using for this purpose forced, unpaid native labour). Mineral wealth where it exists is exploited. The … petty-bourgeoisie intelligentsia, aristocracy…
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKYW3vt6jg0&list=RDMMJ_ub7Etch2U&index=27 ↵ [9] …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… Johannesburg, Ravan, 1973, p.69. Slavery and Forced Labour Model: This was the original model of colonialism … of the twentieth century. What is the Slavery…
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
… carrying the Fifth Battalion of the South African Native Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for troops to …
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… recruiting Black people for the South African Native Labour Contingent to assist Britain in World War 1. …
ArchiveWhere do we stand?: APDUSA and a nation free of race hatred and oppression
… The discussion goes on to describe the manner in which the labour reserves are set-up for the Coloured people, …
EventSolly Sachs addresses Garment Worker’s protestors
… guilty on two charges and sentenced to six months' forced labour on each. His appeal against the sentence, which he …
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. He was a staunch labour organiser, who teamed up with Clements Kadalie to form …
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… end of 1989, particularly because of protests against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill. * One source mentions that …
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… Nelson Mandela, representatives of government, business, labour and other community and development organisations meet …
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… They were sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour for falsely accusing their employer and engaging in … on the Witwatersrand 1901 - 1902", …
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… very close to one another. As a result, the division of labour was clearly marked. The men took the job of looking …
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Mazibuko - BPC National Secretary Thomas Manthata -BPC Labour Secretary F. LIST OF BANNED ORGANISATIONS On the 19th …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… Meer, had been working on issues of education, housing, labour, rural development, and detentions before its banning. …
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa's longest wage strike
… and wage increases for mineworkers. Click here to read our Labour history project …
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… progress. Fifth Point—Economic Collaboration and Improved Labour Standards. 'They desire to bring about the fullest … field with the object of securing for…
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… been the maintenance of a vast reservoir of cheap African labour for the farms and mines owned by Europeans. The … and he could escape going to gaol only by…
Document 55 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers’ Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South Africa, 12 October 1935
… of their largest organisations - Trade Unions and Labour Party -, loudly declare themselves prepared, without … a question of miserable imperialistic talk,…
EventBambata Rebellion: The Natal government offers a reward of £500 for the capture of Bambata
… to force indigenous peoples into the European controlled labour market. Discontent was welling up among many of the … the farmer out of resentment for having…