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ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… the indictment of the leaders of the African Mineworkers Union and members of the CPSA, and continued into the fifties … committed itself entirely to the…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… Every worker has the right to form and join a trade union; to participate in the activities and programmes of a trade union; and to strike. Every employer…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… Rhubusana, represented the Wodehouse constituency from 1910 to 1914, making him the only black elected to the South … it had no dealings with South Africa’s…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… at the beginning of 1973 which marked a renewal of trade union activity after a decade-long lull. Background of the trade union movement Although trade…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… and non-racial industrial unions merged to form one trade union called South African Trades and Labour Council (SATLC), … and ideological affiliations…
A Walk in the Night
… inspiration from former slave, Lydia Williams (1820 – 1910) and world-renowned South African artist, Lionel Davis, …
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… 1930, having been a university college since 17 May 1910. Afrikaans became the official language of instruction …
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… attracted German settlers, 3,700 by 1903, and 13,000 by 1910. In 1903, the Nama (also referred to as Hottentots) rose …
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… - either TUCSA supported the protest meeting, or the union would withdraw from TUCSA. The GWIU was TUCSA’s … GWIU would disaffiliate. She also said that the…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… would be known as the Co-operative Viticultural Union of South Africa, which was later changed to …
Statement by Albert Luthuli on the "Sabotage Act", 6 June 1962
… suffering harsher than any we have ever experienced since Union in 1910 and even during the 14 tragic years of Nationalist Party …
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… to South Africa soon after the creation of the new Union in 1910 the most highly educated African ever. His reputation …
ArticleGeneral Factory Workers Benefit fund (GFWBF)
… illegal for black workers to belong to a registered trade union, as a consequence black workers joined the benefit fund as it functioned as a cover for trade…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… by workers who demanded the recognition of their union, and a wage of 10 shillings a day, a wage that the … Even before the formation of the African Mine…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Native Unrest
… The general result is that since the accomplished of Union in 1910 there has been a steady feeling of discontentment which … in 1906 (against an oppressive…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… organisations which began during the strike, when trade union and political offices and homes of officials were … forms of struggle. Birth of the African…
PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… building was burnt down by a fire in 1906 and rebuilt in 1910. During World War 1 , Moschke was interned and upon his …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… coasts in Africa, was an important centre for early trade union activity, although the workers knew very little about trade union work. In 1924, the South…
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… service. 1879 Founding of the first two Whites-only rugby union clubs in South Africa, Hamilton and the Villagers. 1883 … of the Whites-only Western Province…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… that point is focused upon the Cold War [26] . The Soviet Union is the major threat and although it sits with the … on the Board of Directors of the Inter…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… articles on South Africa’s growing independent trade union movement. By working with different and mutually … (COSATU) as they believed in the need for a…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… who were also leaders of the South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU), formed under the auspices of the ANC which was … as a plant organiser for the South…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… Trade Unions (FOSATU) was the first South African trade union federation that organised mostly Black employees that … umbrella organisation that could…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… of the African-based Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU). However, these unions remained lethargic until … of these trade unions was the African…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… (prior to 1910) The village of Nieuwoudtville was established in 1897 …
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National Museum. The modest building of dung floors…
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
… and the executive attempted to install more democracy into union structures and improve contact with workers. The union held a week-long election process for…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… unrivalled contribution to the building of the black trade union movement as a vital instrument of struggle against the … in the mine compounds. In 1941,…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… be made available to "natives and other non-Europeans". 1910 March, the last group of indentured Chinese miners are repatriated. 31 May, the Union of South…
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… West was nervous about the new developments in the Soviet Union, the largest country in the world. This is because the … sides either for or against…