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ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… of Race Relations (SAIRR) which appointed the Landsdown Commission in 1945. A series of reforms were suggested. … African government of the time was not…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… Mosebetsane, Jackson Lehupa and many others. The Marikana Commission of Inquiry was set up to investigate the massacre of miners at Marikana. The commission…
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…
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… her expulsion she lodged an unfair dismissal case with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). The commission ruled in her favour…
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… workers only. The shortage of skilled labour pushed up the wages of skilled labourers. A white immigration council was …
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… from Apartheid by paying their workers below subsistence wages. In South Africa, urban conditions for Blacks continued …
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… To look into these grievances, Smuts established the Fagan Commission after WW II in August 1946, to investigate laws … to take into account the differences…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… very great because food prices are rising. The Africans' wages remain low, yet we no longer have fields in the … very great because food prices are rising…
EventChairman of the IEC resigns
… Chairperson of the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Judge Johann Kriegler, resigned from his position two years after the Commission's…
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 …
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… its name from Lord Alverstone, president of the Royal Commission on Martial Law Sentences, who visited Natal in 1903 on an Immigration Commission. (when…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… Committee, ANC Constitution Committee, ANC Land Commission, CODESA, comparative law, constitutional law Heinz … ANC Constitution Committee and as a member of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… the ANC. The ANC sends a delegation to the Native Economic Commission (NEC). The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes … Archbishop of Cape Town and Truth…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… 1976 According to the government-appointed Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted … and the homelands. A police witness said to…
EventNP serves legal papers on TRC
… (NP) served legal papers on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) giving notice of a High Court application to … which 'compromise the credibility…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… of R18, based on the PDL. Supported by evidence from the Commission, the workers are of the view that they have … 1972 and will continue for seven days…
EventThe Arusha Accord is signed to end civil war in Rwanda
… Juvénal Habyarimana. The Arusha agreement required a Commission of Inquiry and a National Commission on Human Rights to investigate human rights … 04 July…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 9: Law, justice and society
… Report of the Legal Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid … Society. Content includes: Statement by the Members of the Commission; The…
EventMandela pays his first state visit to Mozambique
… countries entering into the RSA/Mozambique Joint Permanent Commission for Co-operation (JPCC), which entailed the legal … level, the Maputo Development…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the National Assembly 20 June 1996
… into the mainstream of the economy. An approach to wages and salaries, and thus prices, which takes into account … which yesterday released the report of the…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… with the failed coup. Six people approached the Amnesty Commission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to apply for amnesty in respect of ……
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… Pretoria. In evidence furnished before the Amnesty Commission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, policemen Eric Goosen, Jacques Hechter and Deon ……
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Council will include, inter alia, the determination of wages and labour conditions for all employees. Organisation … barÂgaining-will be abolished, since…
References and links: Transport through time
… [Accessed: 18 February 2015] European Commission, (2012), ‘ Do the right mix: Sustainable Urban …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… had been banned. 25 April, Testifying before the Harms Commission, which was taking testimony at the South African … Minister Magnus Malan, the establishment…
EventMass arrests in Pondoland
… Statements made to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission indicate that torture was a key part of those … This was supported both by the submissions handed…
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… were granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1998 for the attack. The Commission received submissions testifying to the deaths of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… Marriages Amendment Act No 6: Commenced: 4 March 1988 Commission of Inquiry into the Death of Clayton Sizwe Sithole … 20 February 1990 Chair: GOLDSTONE, R.J…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… This short history of Electrical Supply Commission (ESKOM) aims to provide an overview of the history … The need to reduce the cost of electricity saw the…