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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… in the 1953 South African General Election. The Black Labour Relations Regulation Act (Black Labour and Settlement of Disputes Act) No 48 is passed. A ……
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… moving denunciation of "blackbirding" and other iniquitous labour practices, and is one of the first South African … what life was really like for peasants…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… for black farmers living on "white" land to exchange their labour for a small piece of ground where they could build … as some of the women, were forced to…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… over Africans- which would ensure security and access to labour. These societies attempted to resist the extension of … tax, many more Zulu men were forced…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… to African for a supply of cheap raw materials and (slave) labour. West Africa was particularly important for the … control of Africa and thus her natural…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… They seized cattle andpeople and forced the captured into labour. Kora (or Korana) raiders were groups of Tswana, Khoi … engaged in negotiations and…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… brother Charles, and Gilbert Matshoba to six years’ hard labour at DeBeer’s Convict Station in Kimberley. A few were … were sentenced to between 12 and 18…
No Arms for South Africa: Albert Luthuli, 8 May 1963
… who share with us, not only the common brotherhood of labour, but who in many instances have shared with us a … deadly weapons are manufactured I say, make…
Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
… the working class which owns nothing except its power to labour and which in the words of the Communist Manifesto has … in which man will never be robbed of…
Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction (Minority) (1934)
… of living. By no means must he lose his charm as cheap labour, for his exploiters. Therefore he is enclosed in the … that they are forced to go in search of…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… in South Africa", 1907 Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908 Document 3 - … 1920 (Extract) Document 6 - M. Lopes, …
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Hertzogian Segregation VERSUS The Cape Native Policy
… his segregation scheme in the shape of the Civilized Labour Policy; the Colour Bar Act of 1926, and his series of four Native Bills. Under the Civilised…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 7
… condition of many Indian workers. Kajee's attitude to labour disputes and to Indian employment was based upon the … counterpart in official attitudes towards…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… assets, trade liberalization, “regulated” flexibility in labour markets, strict deficit reduction targets, and …
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… prohibited all further slave imports and aimed to import labour from the Netherlands to develop agriculture in the …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… no African workers could be hired unless the Department of Labour determined that Coloured workers were not available. …
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… blown up in New Brighton, the building of the New Brighton Labour Bureau and offices of the Bantu Administration Board …
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… commerce in White hands, and the subordination of Black labour to the needs of White farmers and the railway were all …
Conflict among civic organisations
… driven by the pass laws and the enforcement of migrant labour practices. The locations where civic organisations …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… the European community above the level of certain forms of labour . 23 March, The executives of the ANC, SAIC, SACTU , …
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… of impoverished Bantustan inhabitants – now ignored by the labour recruiters – bypassed influx control mechanisms in …
Document 26 - Nelson Mandela’s reply to F. W. De Klerk
… issues often discussed and its impact on society and the labour movement. - Deepening democracy in the movement and in … Nedlac. - Key challenges facing the…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… Noting: 1. The current structure of the South African Labour market • The structural deficiencies of the South African Labour Market as a direct result of…
PlaceTradouw Pass
… The proposal also included that it be built by convict labour. Sir Thomas Bain was the put in charge of the planning …
PlaceGolden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State
… (sorghum beer) and his wives offer you the fruits of their labour! Then a traditional healer may offer you insight into … (sorghum beer), his wives offer you…
Say It out Loud - The 1921 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 29th March, 1921
… an economic-colour bar in response to the clamours of the Labour Party of the Northern Province. These aristocrats of labour would base all their arguments…
PlaceNdabeni
… in town, but with the establishment of the township came labour supply regulations and pass laws. These regulations …
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… intents and purposes, and was sentenced to a year of hard labour by the Provincial Government. He somehow managed to …
EventRioting and destruction in Cato Manor and Durban continues
… living there informally at the end of their indentured labour contracts. A small number of them had earned enough …
Document 31 - The Negotiating Forum: resolution on the transition process
… often musical evenings, to which all the Socialist and Labour men assembled, sat with their beloved jugs of beer …